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The Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet Is Still Deadly After Nearly 50 Years
The F/A-18 was an advanced machine for the 1980s; the jet is still quite capable today. The enduring and admirable F/A-18 ...
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The Navy's F/A-18 Hornet Fighter Can't Be Messed With
What You Need to Know: The F/A-18 Hornet, introduced in 1983, has been a versatile backbone of U.S. naval aviation, excelling in air-to-air and air-to-ground roles. Its combat record began in 1986 ...
'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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The Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet Is Still Deadly After Nearly 50 Years
The enduring and admirable F/A-18 Hornet has been a staple of U.S. naval aviation since the 1980s. But the prototype from which the F/A-18 was developed, the YF-17, failed to impress U.S. Air ...