VFA-34 ‘Blueblasters’ is the last combat unit within the service to operate the Legacy Hornet The U.S. Navy is planning to…
F/A-18C Hornet
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
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MiG KillersMilitary Aviation
This VFA-81 F/A-18C driver scored the first of only two U.S. Navy MiG Kills during Operation Desert Storm
by Dario Leone“This is the first time to my knowledge that an airplane scored a kill while carrying four 2,000-lb bombs, then continued…
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The APG-83 is a multifunction AESA fire control radar that delivers fifth-generation fighter capabilities to counter and defeat increasingly sophisticated threats…
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
U.S. Navy F/A-18C Legacy Hornet squadron returns to NAS Oceana after historic deployment
by Dario LeoneThis 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 the…
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
Finnish Air Force pilot traps F/A-18C Hornet on an aircraft carrier for the first time
by Dario Leone“I’m excited to bring back a lot of real experience. Not theory, but real life training experience. Now this is all…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
THAT TIME A U.S. NAVY F/A-18 HORNET PERFORMED A HIGH-SPEED FLYBY THAT DISPERSED A RIOT AND… WOWED AN IRAQI CHILD
by Dario Leone“I smiled to myself and breathed a prayer: ‘Lord, please let that little guy grow up to be a pilot –…
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16 Hornets have already been shipped to the maintenance facility at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Fla., where Boeing, under a USMC…
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
[UPDATED] U.S. NAVY F/A-18 SUPER HORNET SHOOTS DOWN SYRIAN SUKHOI Su-22 ATTACK AIRCRAFT THAT DROPPED BOMBS NEAR U.S. BACKED FORCES
by Dario LeoneThe Su-22 shot down represents the first air-to-air kill scored by a U.S. Navy aircraft since Operation Desert Storm and the…
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Aircraft CarriersMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy conducted joint air defense exercise to protect USS Eisenhower CSG from aerial threats
by Dario LeoneThanks to ADEX the U.S. Navy and Air Force were able to gain hands-on understanding of each other’s tactics and capabilities…