The Super Hornet fired several rounds from its cannon to disable the ship’s rudder. The ship is no longer heading to Iran.
An memo said the Hornet will be deactivated from service and maintenance jobs tied to the F/A-18 Hornet fighter-attack plane ...
Hornet retirement plan: The Marine Corps will retire all F/A-18 Hornets by 2030, replacing them with F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Job impacts ahead: Six F/A-18 maintenance specialties will be ...
The US military fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged tanker that tried to break the naval blockade around the Strait of ...
The F/A-18 has been able to carry out most of the Navy's requirements while being affordable, although it is increasingly ...
It's the second time the Navy has used force against an Iranian commercial vessel since the Trump administration's blockade ...
The US Navy’s Super Hornet is undergoing a major upgrade, with a new digital backbone and advanced electronics built to ...
The F/A-18 Hornet is the most widely flown fighter jet by the Marine Corps It was developed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, and introduced in the early 1980s The Marine Corps has not upgraded to ...
To contextualize the achievement, 12 million flight hours translates into almost 1,370 years, or 500,000 days, of non-stop flying. The F/A-18 Hornet—the main fighter jet platform operated by both the ...
The F/A-18 was an advanced machine for the 1980s; the jet is still quite capable today. The enduring and admirable F/A-18 Hornet has been a staple of U.S. naval aviation since the 1980s. But the ...
Hornet era ending: The Marine Corps will deactivate all F/A-18 Hornet squadrons by 2030, completing its shift to the F-35 ...