F/A-18 Super Hornet Archives

News May. 26, 2021, 10:30 PM

‘A flying Tic Tac wasn’t part of our plan’: Former US Navy fighter pilot describes encounter with UFO

"We don't know what it was, but it was there, we saw it, and it's worth investigating further," retired Navy pilot Alex Dietrich told Insider.

News Jun. 19, 2020, 1:38 AM

US Navy fighter jet from aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt crashed into the Pacific during training flight

A US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt’s air wing crashed into the sea Thursday, the Navy said in a statement. Both aviators were able to eject safely and are in good condition, but the incident follows a series of aviation mishaps in recent weeks, […]

News Mar. 1, 2018, 9:12 AM

The Navy wants to extend how far the F-18 can fly to counter China’s anti-ship missile advantage

China has advanced anti-ship missiles that can seriously limit the strike capability of US Navy jets. The Navy is turning to ways to extend the flight time and range of its aircraft through the use of conformal fuel tanks and aerial refuelling drones. The fuel tanks and are expected to […]

News Nov. 14, 2017, 10:04 AM

The US Navy just showed North Korea its worst nightmare with 3 aircraft carriers and bombers in the Pacific

The US Navy ended President Donald Trump's trip...

News Aug. 1, 2017, 1:03 AM

Watch the Navy’s newest, most sophisticated aircraft carrier land and launch its first aircraft

Six days after being commissioned, the USS...

News Jun. 28, 2017, 3:10 AM

Trump appears on the verge of striking Syria — here’s a look at US firepower in the region

President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that US missiles were coming to strike Syria, despite Russia’s threats to shoot down incoming US missiles and even the platforms that fire them. The US has struck Syria before, using cruise missiles from two US Navy guided-missile destroyers in the Mediterranean. But experts […]

News Jun. 23, 2017, 2:40 AM

‘A flying Tic Tac wasn’t part of our plan’: Former US Navy fighter pilot describes encounter with UFO

US Navy fighter jet from aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt crashed into the Pacific during training flight

The Navy wants to extend how far the F-18 can fly to counter China’s anti-ship missile advantage

The US Navy just showed North Korea its worst nightmare with 3 aircraft carriers and bombers in the Pacific

Watch the Navy’s newest, most sophisticated aircraft carrier land and launch its first aircraft

Trump appears on the verge of striking Syria — here’s a look at US firepower in the region

Here’s how the dogfight between the US F/A-18 and a Russian-made Su-22 went down

Russia just threatened to target US jets in Syria — but the last thing it wants is an air war with the US

The US F-18 that shot down a Syrian fighter completed America’s first air-to-air kill since 1999

Watch an F/A-18 Super Hornet get built from the ground up

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