Key Points and Summary – Northrop’s YF-17 “Cobra” lost the U.S. Air Force’s 1970s Lightweight Fighter competition to the ...

The Northrop YF-17 is remembered as the fighter that lost the U.S. Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, yet its design did not die with that decision. Instead, the compact ...

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The 12 million flight hours milestone cements the F/A-18 and EA-18G fleet’s status as one of the most enduring families of aircraft in modern naval aviation. The U.S. Navy has announced on Aug. 1, ...

Summary and Key Points: The United States Marine Corps (USMC) recently held a “sundown ceremony” for its Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, marking the end of training for the Boeing F/A-18 ...

Whenever the United States military fields new equipment, it tends to go through various refits and upgrades over time. Instead of outright replacing the M-16 during the Vietnam War, the Army switched ...

This November will mark the 30th anniversary of the maiden flight of the F/A-18 Super Hornet. Reports indicate that the United States Navy could still award a contract for the F/A-XX later this year, ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – November will mark the 30th anniversary of the first flight of the locally-built F/A-18 Super Hornet. The National Museum of Transportation will celebrate the fighter jet’s ...

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