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The YF-17 Cobra Lost to the F-16 Fighter (But Became the F/A-18 Hornet)
Northrop’s YF-17 “Cobra” lost the U.S. Air Force’s 1970s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, but it went on to ...
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YF-17 lost to F-16 but evolved into the F/A-18
The Northrop YF-17 is remembered as the fighter that lost the U.S. Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, yet its design did not die with that decision. Instead, the compact ...
A U.S. military aircraft crashed overnight near San Diego's Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, leaving a Marine Corps pilot dead, officials confirmed Friday. A military spokesman told Fox News that the ...
For the second time in just over a week, a U.S. Navy fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, according to USA TODAY. A defense official confirmed an F/A ...
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Automatic Terrain Awareness and Warning System Certified on USMC F/A-18s
The U.S. Marine Corps will field the ATAWS on its F/A-18 Legacy Hornet fleet starting in early 2026. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division has ...
The Marine Corps first identified the need for such systems on its F/A-18A-D fleet after the Air Force fielded an Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) on F-16s starting in 2014, and ...
An F/A-18 Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, flies in a formation as the sun sets along the Pacific Coast in Southern California, in 2018. (Lance Cpl. Clare J.
Feb 23 (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N), opens new tab said on Thursday it plans to stop production of the F/A-18 Super Hornet in late 2025 after delivering the last of the fighter jets, as the aerospace ...
The Ukrainian ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myrosnychenko, revealed to media early in June that Ukraine was studying the possibility of acquiring some or all of Australia’s 46 remaining FA-18A and ...
What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy recently showcased an F/A-18 Super Hornet loaded with advanced air-to-air munitions at Exercise Gray Flag 2024, highlighting an enhanced strategy to counter ...
Boeing, with Northrop Grumman as a major subcontractor, produces the F/A-18 single/two-seat, twin-engine fighter. The F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet models were powered by two GE F404-400/402 turbofans ...
Ukraine has requested F/A-18 "Hornet" fighter jets from Finland, and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seemingly at least open to hearing a proposal. Ukraine is already set to receive MiG-29s from ...
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