A report by the Congressional Budget Office found that the Super Hornet fleet has lower availability rates when compared to… Read More
The recently retired F/A-18C flew into Washington Dulles International Airport on Nov. 18, 2020 in preparation for display at the… Read More
This will be the Marine Corps’ last deployment to an aircraft carrier for Hornets, which are being replaced after nearly… Read More
The original 1943 photo (which is shown below) was aimed to demonstrate that about 90 people were necessary, to get… Read More
Join Vincent “Jell-O” Aiello as he re-lives an air strike in the Iraqi no-fly zone at the turn of the… Read More
17 years ago, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) embarked on the longest deployment for an aircraft carrier in post-Vietnam military history.… Read More
The F/A-18C Legacy Hornet took off from NAS Oceana accompanied by three F/A-18F Super Hornets for a one-and-a-half hour flight… Read More
Which is the best F/A-18C display in your opinion? Taken at RAF Fairford during Royal International Air Show 2019 airshow,… Read More
Flown by LCDR Mark “MRT” Fox and LT Nick “Mongo” Mongillo on Jan. 17, 1991, each of these F/A-18C Hornets… Read More
“I wondered what the missile would look like as it came off his wing toward us,” Cdr Robert Besal, A-6… Read More
“The Hornet is known as many things,” said Cmdr. Mathis. “Legacy, highly reliable, multi-role attack fighter… but to us, she… Read More
VFA-34 ‘Blueblasters’ is the last combat unit within the service to operate the Legacy Hornet The U.S. Navy is planning… Read More
"This is the first time to my knowledge that an airplane scored a kill while carrying four 2,000-lb bombs, then… Read More
The APG-83 is a multifunction AESA fire control radar that delivers fifth-generation fighter capabilities to counter and defeat increasingly sophisticated… Read More
This was VFA-34's final deployment flying the F/A-18C Legacy Hornet. They'll be the last U.S. Navy squadron to transition to… Read More
"I'm excited to bring back a lot of real experience. Not theory, but real life training experience. Now this is… Read More
"I smiled to myself and breathed a prayer: 'Lord, please let that little guy grow up to be a pilot… Read More
