Watch the skies light up as US Navy F-18 Super Hornets launch into a glowing red sunset with full afterburners blazing. This video captures the perfect fusion of raw jet power and natural beauty – ...

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A defense official confirmed an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet crashed into the sea while attempting to land on the carrier on May 6. The pilots ejected and suffered minor injuries. On April 28 ...

The U.S. Navy's McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-18 Super Hornet (also called the F/A-18 Super Hornet) is another aircraft with an interesting nickname: "Rhino." There are many theories about why ...

the F/A-18 Hornet. While the F/A-18 has enjoyed a venerable service life, it is worth remembering that the aircraft began its tenure as an Air Force reject—passed over in favor of the more ...

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These days, the US doesn't use the original F/A-18 Hornet — we fly the F/A-18 Super Hornet. The new name wasn't given merely because the aircraft got some new software updates and a couple of ...

MADRID, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Spain's Air Force on Friday confirmed the death of an F-18 Hornet fighter jet pilot after the aircraft crashed near the northeastern city of Teruel. "We regret to ...

The F/A-18 Hornet is the most widely flown fighter jet by the Marine Corps It was developed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, and introduced in the early 1980s The Marine Corps has not upgraded ...

The F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, all-weather, multirole fighter; it can do a bit of everything – and has done a bit of everything, from air superiority, to air-to-ground ...

[Credit: U.S. Marine Corps/ Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine] The U.S. Marine Corps last week officially deactivated F/A-18 Hornet Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) as it continues ...

Gen. Scott Benedict said in a statement. Mettler, a Georgia native, served as an F/A-18 Hornet pilot with VMFA(AW)-224, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 31 and 2nd MAW stationed on Marine Corps Air ...