Mcdonnell douglas f a 18 hornet lockheed martin f 35 lightning ii military aircraft aircraft. The saab gripen dassault rafale eurofighter typhoon boeing fa 18ef super hornet and lockheed martin f 35. Lockheed martin f 35 lightning ii. Mcdonnell douglas fa 18 hornet. The program has a budget of us8 billion but includes not only combat aircraft but also ground based air defense systems.
In march 2018 swiss officials named contenders in its air 2030 program. Lockheed martin f 35 lightning ii. The mcdonnell douglas fa 18 hornet is a twin engine supersonic all weather carrier capable multirole combat jet designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft hence the fa designationdesigned by mcdonnell douglas now boeing and northrop the fa 18 was derived from the latters yf 17 in the 1970s for use by the united states navy and marine corps. Raaf mcdonnell douglas fa 18 hornet lockheed martin joint strike fighter f35a lightning and lockheed martin f 22 raptor at the 2019 australian international airshow at avalon airport.
Refuels aircraft when flying. The hornets entered service with the raaf between 1984 and 1990 and 71 remain in operation as of 2012. The mcdonnell douglasgeneral dynamics a 12 avenger ii was a proposed american attack aircraft from mcdonnell douglas and general dynamicsit was to be an all weather carrier based stealth bomber replacement for the grumman a 6 intruder in the united states navy and marine corpsits avenger ii name was taken from the grumman tbf avenger of world war ii. The lockheed martin f 35 lightning ii is a family of single seat single engine all weather stealth multirole fighters.
The australian government purchased 75 a and b variants of the fa 18 in 1981 to replace the raafs dassault mirage iii fighters. The royal australian air force raaf has operated mcdonnell douglas fa 18 hornet fighter aircraft since 1984. This plane was a way for the navy to. The north american x 15.
The fifth generation combat aircraft is designed to perform the ground attack and air superiority missions.