The F/A-18 Super Hornet Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II operational testing is delayed until 2QFY24 due to hardware… Read More
‘When the Hornet maxed out at Mach 1.6 (didn’t make its max), I was approaching Mach 2 and closing rapidly,’… Read More
‘The Hornet and Super Hornet would be challenging opponents in an engagement. As a baseline initial move, the F-14 Tomcat… Read More
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
A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) aircraft carrier sailing in the Mediterranean Sea… Read More
The sneak pass maneuver has been safely performed for decades at air shows around the country, and the El Centro… 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
The sequel to the 1986 classic delivers the goods and none too soon. 36 years after the release of the… Read More
The video in this post, captured by the pilot in the cockpit of a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet, demonstrates 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
‘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
‘If you watch the movie trailer for the New Top Gun, you will see an F/A-18 flying low like we… Read More
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