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The Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet Is Still Deadly After Nearly 50 Years
The U.S. Air Force passed over the YF-17 prototype to select the F-16 fighter jet. But the U.S. Navy made it the F/A-18 Hornet.
'Murder Hornet': The Navy's got a new nickname for the missile-packed F/A-18 fighter jets it flew into the Red Sea fight
The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.
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F-14 Tomcat vs. F/A-18 Super Hornet: Which U.S. Navy Fighter Is Better?
Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet are iconic U.S. Navy aircraft ... reaching speeds up to Mach 2.34. However, it had reliability issues and a tendency to enter ...