The 2022 edition of the Swiss Air Force’s Axalp Air Power demonstration marked the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II’s debut.… Read More
Northrop Grumman’s Litening advanced targeting pod has successfully completed its first test flights on the US Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet.… Read More
‘I'm tremendously thankful to have flown both and while the Hornet got me in and out of combat, I'll always… Read More
‘When I had about 700 hours in the Eagle, I went out with my flight lead and we did a… Read More
‘Immediately ahead of me was the dark mass of a B-1, which was so close that part of the left… Read More
Squadron Leader Daniel Grealy’s milestone includes 1500 hours on F/A-18A/B Hornets and 2500 hours on F/A-18F Super Hornets. In a… Read More
‘As for which would have been a better air-to-air platform, it depends on what specific mission profiles you’re talking about,… Read More
There is no doubt the Super Tomcat 21 would have been the better plane but it still would have likely… Read More
For much of the 1980s the Navy Hornet community was still finding its way, struggling to decide whether it would… Read More
With its excellent fighter and self-defense capabilities, the F/A-18 at the same time increased strike mission survivability and supplemented the… Read More
‘No tanks, no pylons; nothing hanging on the jet whatsoever. This is just not something we see at an active… Read More
From October 2001 to August 2021, US Navy F/A-18s Hornet and Super Hornet strike fighters provided around-the-clock battlefield coverage in… Read More
Some F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilots cut the fingertips off their gloves. Why? Military pilots, like motorcyclists, “dress for the slide,… Read More
‘With gaping mouths, the instructors watched one of their star students, a Marine rocking the program, execute an aileron roll… Read More
‘The Hornet doesn’t like foreplay. You can take the stick once it’s off the deck and flying away, but not… Read More
‘I never saw the ball. I called Clara [Clara = “can’t see the Fresnel lens”] and the LSOs said ‘continue,’… Read More
Held at Ebenfluh firing range near the summit of the 7,614 feet (2,321m) high Axalphorn mountain in central Switzerland, Swiss… Read More
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