How the US Navy's first hostile drone kill with an air-to-air missile set the stage for the emergence of the 'Murder Hornet'
The Navy said that the "Murder Hornet" configuration on its F/A-18 fighter jet is comprised of nine air-to-air missiles.
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Watch the Blue Angels’ legacy F/A-18 Hornets make their final sunset flight after 34 years
After decades of astonishing spectators on the ground, the Blue Angels' legacy F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets made ... the end of the service life of the aircraft the team has flown for the past ...
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The Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet Is Still Deadly After Nearly 50 Years
The F/A-18 was ... on an aircraft carrier deck. The YF-17, Air Force reject, hit all the Navy’s wickets. With some finessing and a few redesigns, the YF-17 was renamed the F/A-18 Hornet, a ...
'Murder Hornet': The Navy's got a new nickname for the missile-packed F/A-18 fighter jets it flew into the Red Sea fight
The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.
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Can the F/A-18 Super Hornet Survive in the Stealth World?
And while they may not be stealth aircraft, the U.S. Navy’s older F/A-18 Super Hornet platform would also be called to action in such a conflict. This tried and trusted fighter has served the ...
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A US Navy missile cruiser shot down a Super Hornet over the Red Sea in an apparent 'friendly fire' incident
An F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said. The incident occurred after the missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly fired on the craft.