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Finnish F/A-18 Hornets Arrive at Keflavik for First Icelandic Air Policing Deployment
Four Hornets touched down in Iceland on Jan. 24, 2025 for a three week detachment. It is the first time Finland has ...
Why Can't An F-22 Raptor Land On An Aircraft Carrier?
We will never see a Raptor land on an aircraft carrier for two reasons. The first is the person behind the stick. USAF ...
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US Air Force delays T-7A trainer production decision until 2026
The service has delayed approving low-rate initial production for the new Boeing single-engined trainer jet until 2026, but ...
How The Super Hornet's New Preferred Air-To-Air Missile Loadout Works
Although the Boeing Super Hornets – both the F/A-18E single seat and F/A-18F dual seat – can carry ten AIM-120 Advanced ...
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Pentagon to outfit F-15s with long-range missile seen as critical for Indo-Pacific conflict
The Pentagon will equip land-based Boeing F-15 fighters with a long-range missile seen as critical to success in any conflict in the Indo-Pacific region. In a solicitation released on 8 January ...
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69 Years Later, This NATO Aircraft Is Still Taking the Skies
The F/A-18 Super Hornet was introduced in 1999 as ... Developed originally by McDonnell Douglas, and later by Boeing, the F/A-18 Hornet is a versatile multirole aircraft. It serves as a fighter ...
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Let’s Examine the Pilots’ Accounts Emerged After the Friendly Fire Incident Involving the F/A-18 Over the Red Sea
As already reported, on Dec. 22, 2024, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman, was shot down in what the U.S. Central Command called “an apparent case of friendly fire”.