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Yemen’s Houthis Are Learning to Fear the U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet
The Super Hornet remains the Navy’s most advanced frontline carrier-based strike fighter. T he resurgence in violence between American troops and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel ...
US unveils future fighter jet: Boeing to produce the F-47
The US's new F-47, built by Boeing, will be the first sixth-generation fighter jet. Trump announced Boeing's win after ...
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F/A-XX could be the Navy’s last piloted fighter, bring greater range
The Air Force awarded a contract to Boeing to build its sixth-generation jet, dubbed the F-47, and the Navy's award could ...
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The F/A-18 Hornet: Inside the Navy Plane that Almost Never Flew
The Air Force passed on the YF-17 prototype, preferring the more agile F-16. But Navy planners liked it—ultimately transforming it into the venerable F/A-18. The upcoming F/A-XX contract award ...
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Northrop Grumman: The Forgotten Winner Of Boeing's F-47
The company’s expertise dates back further. The Super Hornet that Boeing still produces is derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. Boeing did not design that fighter jet. You could ...
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U.S. Navy Targets 25% Range Increase With F/A-XX
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The U.S. Navy is targeting a 25% increase in the operational range of its future F/A-XX strike ...
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Australian Super Hornets ready to use Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile
A Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has successfully launched the Lockheed Martin AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), amid concerns about the nation ...