Tag: F/A-18 Hornet
The maneuver that Jerry Cadick was performing that day is known as a “square Immelman.” Things began to go wrong as Cadick pulled out of his climb. His airspeed was dangerously low… Filmed on Apr. 24, 1988 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro during the local air show, the infamous video...
“Anyone know why two fighter jets flew loud and low from TF Green around noon today? It literally shook my whole house, scared us half to death!” New York resident. Few mysterious jets were spotted flying
over Warwick on Aug. 21, 2019. NBC 10 was inundated with calls, emails and social...
“The F-18, while very capable, and extremely competent in its own right, doesn’t quite have the same bad-boy image as an F-14,” Vincent Aiello, former F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet pilot and Topgun instructor. Top Gun Vs Top Gun: Maverick, i.e. F-14 Tomcat Vs F/A-18 Super Hornet If you've watched the...
Although he attended flight school while serving with the Marines, Rob Riggle still struggled to stay conscious through the F/A-18’s final turn. Taken on May 6, 2014 the funny video in this post shows actor Rob Riggle trying to get into the action of Top Gun: Maverick by shooting an auditioning tape, flying...
The F/A-18A+ Hornet was slightly damaged. Taken on Friday Jun. 28, 2019 at Gando air base, Gran Canaria (Spain), the curious photos in this post show an Ejército del Aire (EdA, Spanish Air Force, SpAF) F/A-18A+ Hornet (C.15-83/46-11 of 462Esc) "crashed" into a building. Apparently, as reported by Scramble Facebook...
An offer to complement the Gripen E test aircraft with an operational Gripen C aircraft for the flight tests in June 2019 has not been accepted by the Swiss defence procurement agency. Saab has announced that the Gripen E
fighter will not be heading to Payerne, Switzerland for flight tests this
month.
The Russian aircraft involved were An-12BK (RF-95684/24 bl) and Border Guard An-72P (RF-72019). On May 27, 2019 a Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighter on Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) was scrambled to intercept two nice looking Russian aircraft. Both aircraft were flying in international
airspace over the Gulf of...
“I locked a target 38km from me and at 29km I fired R-40RD missile from under my right wing. I kept the target locked with my radar till I witnessed a huge explosion in front of me,” Lt Zuhair Dawoud, IrAF MiG-25 pilot. The opening round of Operation Desert Storm...
Most importantly for fans, Blue Angels airshow season next year will be shorten while the 2021 will start later to help the unit transition to the new aircraft. Early-production F/A-18E/F Super Hornets have a new mission—help the Blue Angels inspire greatness and service in others—as the next flight demonstration aircraft for the...
“The transition from the aircraft was exciting and a challenge to do. There were definitely some similarities, like handling, but the Raptor’s performance, from the engine to what it can do is unmatched,” (RAAF) Flight Lt. Paul Anderton 90th FS F-22 Raptor pilot. Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Flight Lt. Paul Anderton...
