F/A-18 Hornet

Main category: McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

English: The F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather carrier strike fighter. The design by McDonnell-Douglas was based on the YF-17 Cobra. The newer F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has been developed by Boeing.

Español: El F/A-18 Hornet es un caza polivalente bimotor de origen estadounidense con capacidad todo tiempo para ser embarcado en portaaviones. Fue desarrollado en los años 1970 por la compañía McDonnell Douglas a partir del prototipo Northrop YF-17. El más moderno F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fue desarrollado por Boeing.

日本語: F/A-18 は、アメリカ海軍などが運用する戦闘攻撃機。スズメバチを意味するホーネット (Hornet) の愛称で呼ばれる。初飛行は1978年。

中文：/A-18黃蜂式戰鬥攻擊機(F/A-18 "Hornet" Strike Fighter)是美國海軍所發展，一種專門針對航空母艦起降而開發的對空/對地雙用全天候戰機，它同時也是美國軍方第一架同時擁有戰鬥機與攻击机身份的機種，對於空間有限、承載機隊數量不多的航空母艦而言，像F/A-18這種角色多變的泛用機種，是非常優秀的配屬選擇，也是目前美國海軍最重要的航艦搭載戰機。

Flight action

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  F/A-18 vapour cloud 1
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  F/A-18 vapour cloud 2
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  F/A-18 vapour cloud 3
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  Supersonic flyby
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  F/A-18 vapour trail 1
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  F/A-18 vapour trail 2
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  F/A-18 vapour trail 3
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  F/A-18 vapour trail 4
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  Blue Angels, diamond formation
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  Blue Angels
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  F/A-18 flight
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  A KC-130H and two F-18 of the Spanish Air Force.
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  Finnish airforce F/A-18 at Rissala airport
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  B-2 and 8 F-18s
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  F/A-18C of the Swiss Air Force
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  Canadian CF-18
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  Canadian CF-18
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  Canadian CF-18
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  A Spanish F/A-18
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  F/A-18 escorting a Tupolev Tu-95
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  Over Iraq, 2003
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  Atlantic
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Carrier action

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  F/A-18C taking off
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  F/A-18C taking off
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  F/A-18 launching
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  F/A-18C launching
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  F/A-18 cockpit view
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  F/A-18 landing
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  F/A-18C landing
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  AIM-9 Sidewinder and F/A-18
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  On catapult
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  Carrier ops
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  Carrier ops
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  F/A-18 taking off
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  Carrier launch
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  Flight deck personnel prepare for the next launch after an F/A-18C leaves the flight deck
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  Being guided onto a catapult
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  Flight deck personnel conduct a foreign object debris walk-down
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  Dusk launch waiting on the catapult
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  elevator
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  hangar deck
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  on deck

At air shows

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  F/A-18C with Hornet 30th Anniv paint scheme at Air Power Over Hampton Roads, Langley AFB, VA
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  F/A-18 at Yokota Base Tokyo,Japan
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  F/A-18 at Yokota Base Tokyo,Japan
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  F/A-18C VMFA-212 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
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  Blue Angels take-off
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  F/A-18F at RIAT 2004
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  Spanish F-18 Hornet at Skrydstrup Air Force Base, Denmark, 2006
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  Swiss F/A-18D Hornet in the Netherlands, 1997.
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  Hornet at ILA2002, Berlin, Germany.
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  A Blue Angels F/A-18 lands at KSC
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  A Blue Angels F/A-18 taxis at KSC
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  Australian
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  Australian

Misc

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  3-view drawing
• Automated Aerial Refueling (OGG video)
• an Active Aeroelastic Wing flight test (OGG video)
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  NASA 3-view
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  NASA