As the US Navy transitioned away from specialized fighter aircraft, it systematically overhauled the F/A-18 to serve in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III Is One Tough Fighter Plane for the U.S. Navy – Over the summer, manufacturer Boeing revealed that the first F/A-18 Block II Super Hornets had been upgraded to the latest ...

An F/A-18 Hornet crashed in the vicinity of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in the northern part of San Diego, California, last night. As of 8:00 a.m. local time (PST), the base confirmed to The War ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The F/A-18 Hornet is the most widely flown fighter jet by ...

The CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team and the F/A-18 Swiss Hornet Solo Display will not fly for the 2025 airshow season to focus resources on modernization and training. The Royal Canadian Air Force and ...

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 ...

Again, an F-18 Hornet from the USS Harry Truman in the Persian Gulf, apparently accidentally dropping a 500-pound bomb in an area where that bomb wasn't supposed to go. All of these observers were out ...