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It was designed for traditional strike applications such as interdiction and close air. The single seat fa 18 hornet is the nations first strike fighter. At number 9 you can see a trap malfunction on uss george washington cvn 73 in that incident arresting cable is broken which resulted into the crash of f 18 hornet.

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Military military aircraft jet fighter united states navy uss george washington aircraft carrier boing f a 18f super hornet. An fa 18e super hornet from the tomcatters of strike fighter squadron vfa 31 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier uss george washington cvn 73. The pilot managed to eject safely. This hd wallpaper is about military military aircraft jet fighter united states navy original wallpaper dimensions is 2560x1440px file size is 30563kb. 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.

Navys flight demonstration squadron the blue angels. The super hornet entered service with the united states navy in 2001 replacing the grumman f 14 tomcat which was retired in 2006. The super hornet serves alongside the original hornet. The fa 18 has a top speed.

The hornet is also used by the air forces of several other nations and since 1986 by the us. See more ea 18g block iii growler electronic attack aircraft. This fighter gap has been growing for years and has been exacerbated by delays in production of new carrier variant f 35c stealth fighter jets from lockheed martin. The royal australian air force raaf which has operated the fa 18a as its main fighter since 1984 ordered the fa 18f in 2007 to replace its aging f 111c fleet.

According to an aviation week aw report the navy has green lighted a plan floated by. At number 10 you can see a su33 almost crashed during landing on russian aircraft carrier admiral kuznetsov. 3 2013 aviation boatswains mate equipment airman derrick brooks helps prepare a fa 18c hornet assigned to the blue diamonds of strike fighter squadron vfa 146 for launch off of the aircraft carrier uss nimitz cvn 68. Designed by mcdonnell douglas 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.

All weather fighter and attack aircraft. Boeing fa 18f super hornet. Boeing f 18 advanced super hornet fighter jet could close fighter gap in us navys fleet. Vfa 102 diamondbacks cag bird 100 on the 4 elevator onboard uss george washington cvn 73 during a week long liberty port call in brisbane.