It's been a long time since I flew either the F-16 (1000 hrs) or F/A-18 (400 hrs), but after four years in each jet, I ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet are far older than most of the pilots flying them, yet a decade of Service Life Extension Programs has pushed their airframes ...

To contextualize the achievement, 12 million flight hours translates into almost 1,370 years, or 500,000 days, of non-stop flying. The F/A-18 Hornet—the main fighter jet platform operated by both the ...

One interesting observation that both pilots shared from their Red Sea deployment was that the Navy relied heavily on the F/A-18’s ability to refuel other aircraft to enhance mission endurance. In ...

A fighter jet can pull many Gs, which is why back in the mid-80s, there was such a sudden concern shortly after the Navy first deployed the Hornet. It was discovered during testing that there was a ...

The tanker qualification partnership paves the way for an extended reach and enhanced interoperability for allied airpower, says the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft ...