The F/A-18 Hornet has long been one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful all-weather, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft. The F/A-18 entered active service in 1983 for the U.S. Marine ...
The enduring and admirable F/A-18 Hornet has been a staple of U.S. naval aviation since the 1980s. But the prototype from which the F/A-18 was developed, the YF-17, failed to impress U.S.
The IRST Block II enhances ‘situational awareness by supplementing air-to-air detection and track capabilities, and ...
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the F/A-18 E/F Infrared Search and ...
The U.S. Navy’s podded Infrared Search And Track System, or IRST, planned for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters, has ...
The F-18 is part of a U.S. Marine Corps squadron ... Marine Corps photos show the F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312, loaded with two AGM-158 missiles while ...
The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.