Castelion, a small California defense startup, has won a $105 million U.S. Navy contract to ready its Blackbeard hypersonic ...
Iran shot down an American F-18 fighter jet. This was reported by the press service of the IRGC. "The US Army F-18 fighter ...
America's armed forces have a long-held tradition of giving military aircraft nicknames (with stories behind them). Notable examples of American planes with nicknames include the F-14 Tomcat (the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A F/A-18E Super Hornet that shot down a Syrian Su-22 in 2017 launches from the USS Gerald R. Ford in the Caribbean in December ...
Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the operation of F-18 Super Hornets on modern aircraft carriers. Voice, ...
A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet launches at night from the USS Abraham Lincoln. (Photo from Navy video) Iran claimed Wednesday that it shot down a Navy F-18 jet near the vital Strait of Hormuz, prompting a ...
Naval Air Station Jacksonville announced its iconic Blue Angel F-18 Hornet returned to its rightful place in front of the ...
In December, 2024, the US lost an F-18 jet (but the pilots ditched and were recovered) to a friendly fire incident. The Navy F-18 were launched from a US aircraft carrier and were fighting Houthi ...
Two U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying in tandem entered Venezuelan airspace around noon Tuesday, circling over the Gulf of Venezuela in the latest show of force against the regime of Nicolás Maduro. The ...
The U.S. Navy on Monday said that an aircraft carrier responsible for launching strikes in the Red Sea against Houthi terrorists lost an F/A-18 Super Hornet that went overboard. The USS Harry S.
Weight Empty: ~10,450 lb (4,740 kg)Standard conditions (normal loaded): ~18,000 lb (8,165 kg)Maximum Takeoff Weight: 24,500 lb (11,113 kg) Empty: ~23,000 lb (10,400 ...
A Wall Street Journal’s report, quoting people familiar with the friendly fire incident, says a Kuwaiti F/A-18 might be responsible for the loss of three U.S. F-15Es. As we previously reported, three ...