Explore the legacy of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, a twin-engine, supersonic combat jet that stands as one of the most versatile and iconic aircraft in U.S. military aviation.

Recently, a combat veteran McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet Bureau Number 163502 was transferred from the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) in Pensacola, Florida, to an affiliate museum across ...

Summary: The F/A-18 Hornet, ... In order to accommodate the Navy’s defense needs, manufacturer Northrop partnered up with McDonnell Douglas to create an enhanced version of the YF-17 prototype.

The legacy of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet will one day, possibly sometime soon, come to a close. When both the Hornet and the Super Hornet finally leave the decks of aircraft carriers ...

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C in Blue Angels livery Summary The Hornet is a multirole Navy combat jet. The “F/A” designation indicates that the aircraft can perform in both fighter and attack roles. This ...

The Super Hornet carries on the McDonnell Douglas Hornet’s legacy with a design concept centered on tactical versatility. To this end, the F/A-18E-F boasts a whopping 11 hardpoints with a ...

A sailor directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Nimitz during flight operations on Jan. 17, 2021 in the Arabian Sea. (MC3 Charles DeParlier/U.S. Navy ...

McDonnell Douglas is the defense contractor that designed and built the F-15 Eagle and F/A-18 Hornet, among other planes. McDonnell Douglas was birthed in 1967 from a merger between the McDonnell ...

The Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet was first developed by McDonnell Douglas Corporation in 1978 as an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable combat aircraft. The F/A designation stands ...

Boeing's St. Louis plant—once the home of McDonnell Douglas—where aircraft like the F-15, the F-4 and the Mercury and Gemini capsules were born, has been churning out Super Hornets for almost ...

Video of an F/A-18 Hornet taking off from a public road [Photo] NATO E-3 AWACS refueled over Eastern Europe by U.S. KC-135 tanker TAGGED: Canada CFB Bagotville McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet NATO ...