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The U.S. Navy is preparing to use retired F/A-18E/F Super Hornets as adversary aircraft, replacing the 1960s-era Northrop F-5 Tigers that have served as...
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The U.S. Navy plans to fire Castelion’s Blackbeard hypersonic missile from an F/A-18 Super Hornet by 2027. Built by former SpaceX engineers, Blackbeard is...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet Service Life Extension Program has extended the aircraft from 6,000 flight hours all the way to 10,000 —...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has been the backbone of the U.S. Navy carrier air wing since 2001. Eight hundred and thirty-eight built. Roughly 550...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – For a decade, Canada has struggled to replace its aging C/F-18 fleet. What about the F/A-18 Super Hornet? -On...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet was never meant to be a star, but it became the backbone of U.S. naval...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet are far older than most of the pilots flying them, yet...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Boeing just marked 30 years since the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet’s first flight on November 29, 1995, in St. Louis,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Northrop’s YF-17 “Cobra” lost the U.S. Air Force’s 1970s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, but it went on...