Summary and What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy has acquired additional F-16 Fighting Falcons from the U.S. Air Force to replace retiring legacy F/A-18 Hornets used for adversary combat training.
The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon (aka Viper) has had 29 Air Force customers and one Navy customer in the US Navy for ...
The Navy said that the "Murder Hornet" configuration on its F/A-18 fighter jet is comprised of nine air-to-air missiles.
The Air Force passed on the YF-17, opting instead for the YF-16, which would become the F-16 Fighting Falcon ... Harrison joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically discharged.
The full rate production decision is scheduled for first-half 2025 and this will authorise the US Navy (USN) to fully outfit its carrier-based F/A-18E/F Super Hornet squadrons with InfraRed Search-and ...