Latest "F/A-18 Hornet" stories

Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets not aging as well as other Navy aircraft

“When compared with F/A-18C/Ds of the same age, the Super Hornet fleet has had lower availability rates."

By Diana Stancy Correll

7 months ago

Marine Corps concludes final carrier deployment with F/A-18 Hornet

The unit will replace the Hornet with the F-35B Lightning II.

3 years ago

Waffle House hero honored with joyride in Blue Angels jet

James Shaw Jr. enjoyed a stomach-churning flight over Smyrna Wednesday in a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet.

4 years ago

Blue Angels begin the shift to Super Hornets

The move to the Super Hornet will mark the first time the elite Navy and Marine fighter jet demonstration team has changed aircraft since it moved from the A-4F Skyhawk II to the F/A-18 Hornet back in 1986.

By Melissa Nelson Gabriel, Pensacola News Journal

4 years ago

How did you land a plane on a Navy ship in 1911? Very, very carefully

On January 18, 1911, Eugene Ely landed the Curtiss biplane on a deck erected on the cruiser Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay. He was aided by a tailhook — the first ever — and arrestor cables attached to sandbags.

By HistoryNet

5 years ago

Why the Navy will deactivate an F-35 Squadron next year

More than 200 officers and sailors are coming to California.

By Mark D. Faram

5 years ago

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