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Thunder take off. ( just a little trigger happy!)
Captain Matthew Kutryk. Thank you for your service.
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine supersonic, all-weather carrier-capable multirole combat jet, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and Northrop, the F/A-18 was derived from the latter's YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The Hornet is also used by the air forces of several other nations and, since 1986, by the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels.
The F/A-18 has a top speed of Mach 1.8 (1,034 knots, 1,190 mph or 1,915 km/h at 40,000 ft or 12,200 m). It can carry a wide variety of bombs and missiles, including air-to-air and air-to-ground, supplemented by the 20-mm M61 Vulcan cannon. It is powered by two General Electric F404 turbofan engines, which give the aircraft a high thrust-to-weight ratio. The F/A-18 has excellent aerodynamic characteristics, primarily attributed to its leading edge extensions. The fighter's primary missions are fighter escort, fleet air defense, Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD), air interdiction, close air support, and aerial reconnaissance. Its versatility and reliability have proven it to be a valuable carrier asset, though it has been criticized for its lack of range and payload compared to its earlier contemporaries, such as the Grumman F-14 Tomcat in the fighter and strike fighter role, and the Grumman A-6 Intruder and LTV A-7 Corsair II in the attack role.
The Hornet first saw combat action during the 1986 United States bombing of Libya and subsequently participated in the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War. The F/A-18 Hornet provided the baseline design for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, its larger, evolutionary redesign.
I took the photo of the jet fighter on the Intrepid Museum in NYC, cut it off the flight deck and placed in a sky shot i took in my backyard.
Spotting at CW Cobra warrior Part 2 2025
Throwback to CW part 2 2025 finally got to see some F-18 action need to plan a trip to Canada to see them
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bombers have returned to RAF Fairford Its prompted me to trawl my images from a while ago and upload a few here:
Turkish Air Force F-16C in a near vertical climb with afterburner on
We were given a tour of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam when two F-22 Raptor fighter jets took off to escort a possible hijacked airliner near Hawaii.
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Aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force, Turkish Stars, in Canadair NF-5 fighter planes.
JPO ST-DIZIER 2022 (Meeting)
École de pilotage de l'Armée de l'air (EPAA 00.315)
French Air Force - Armée de l'air et de l'espace
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We were given a tour of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam when two F-22 Raptor fighter jets took off to escort a possible hijacked airliner near Hawaii.