The AIM-174B can reach targets more than 200 miles away. That is an incredible upgrade from the existing munitions and means ...

FRCSW managed to push the Legacy F/A-18’s service hours well beyond its original 6,000-flight-hour expectation, with some ...

In all likelihood, the Super Hornet, a fourth generation fighter jet, will be replaced by a sixth gen fighter. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman are all competing for the contract to ...

The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet recently refueled Italian F-35B Lightning II fighters during joint exercises between the ...

The heavy loadout, featuring four AIM-174s, three AIM-120s and two AIM-9s, first spotted on "Vandy 1" at the beginning of ...

Coalition forces have lost more aircraft through accidents than enemy fire. Initial claims that Iraqi forces downed a US Hornet FA-18 fighter jet and a Black Hawk helicopter yesterday have been ...

The M61 is found on many US fighter jets, from the long-retired Convair F-106 Delta Dart and the F-111 Aardvark to the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F/A-18 Hornet, and F-22 Raptor. General Electric ...

The Navy received its first order of F-14s in 1972, launching from carriers across the globe until it couldn't keep up with newer fighter jets like the F/A-14 Hornet. There were no Tomcats in the ...

One of the most advanced fighter jets in the world will have a new home in Beaufort. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is transitioning from the F/18 Hornet to the supersonic F-35Bs whose ...

The U.S. Navy is home to one of the largest and most formidable fleets of aircraft in the world, by a long shot. Its history ...

Malaysia has reportedly sought the Kuwaiti jets since at least 2017. The legacy Hornet is thought to ... past few years in a bid to acquire the fighters. However, the discussions were stymied ...

The wreckage of a U.S. Navy fighter jet that crashed in Washington state ... The aircraft, a variant of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, was part of Electronic Attack Squadron 130, known as the ...