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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Basa Bali</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/FA-18C_desert_refueling.jpg/600px-FA-18C_desert_refueling.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="550" /></a> <div class="ib-aircraft-caption">A <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> F/A-18C in flight</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">Multirole fighter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a> (1974–1997) with <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a> (1974–1994) <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> (1997–2000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">In service</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary users</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> (historical)<div> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Spanish Air and Space Force">Spanish Air and Space Force</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">F/A-18A/B/C/D: 1,480<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p186-7-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufactured</th><td class="infobox-data">1974–2000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduction date</th><td class="infobox-data">7 January 1983 (USMC) 1 July 1984 (USN)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">18 November 1978; 46 years ago (1978-11-18)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">2019 (Hornet, USN) 2021 (RAAF)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">Northrop YF-17</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Variants</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_CF-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet">McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet</a> <a href="/wiki/High_Alpha_Research_Vehicle" title="High Alpha Research Vehicle">High Alpha Research Vehicle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed into</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet</a> <a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-53_Active_Aeroelastic_Wing" title="Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing">Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, <a href="/wiki/Twinjet" title="Twinjet">twin-engine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carrier-based_aircraft" title="Carrier-based aircraft">carrier</a>-capable, <a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">multirole combat</a> aircraft, designed as both a <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">attack aircraft</a> (hence the F/A <a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system" title="1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system">designation</a>). Designed by <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a>, the F/A-18 was derived from the latter's <a href="/wiki/YF-17" class="mw-redirect" title="YF-17">YF-17</a> in the 1970s for use by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a>. The Hornet is also used by the air forces of several other nations, and formerly by the U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a>. The F/A-18 was designed to be a highly versatile aircraft due to its avionics, cockpit displays, and excellent aerodynamic characteristics, with the ability to carry a wide variety of weapons. The aircraft can perform <a href="/wiki/Escort_fighter" title="Escort fighter">fighter escort</a>, fleet <a href="/wiki/Air_defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Air defense">air defense</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suppression_of_enemy_air_defenses" class="mw-redirect" title="Suppression of enemy air defenses">suppression of enemy air defenses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_interdiction" title="Air interdiction">air interdiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">close air support</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">aerial reconnaissance</a>. Its versatility and reliability have proven it to be a valuable carrier asset. The Hornet entered operational service in 1983 and first saw combat action during the <a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_bombing_of_Libya" title="1986 United States bombing of Libya">1986 United States bombing of Libya</a> and subsequently participated in the 1991 <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> and 2003 <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>. The F/A-18 Hornet served as the baseline for the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet</a>, its larger, evolutionary redesign, which supplanted both the older Hornet and the <a href="/wiki/F-14_Tomcat" class="mw-redirect" title="F-14 Tomcat">F-14 Tomcat</a> in the U.S. Navy. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/VFAX" title="VFAX">VFAX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lightweight_Fighter_program" title="Lightweight Fighter program">Lightweight Fighter program</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">Northrop YF-17</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:YF-16_and_YF-17_in_flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/YF-16_and_YF-17_in_flight.jpg/220px-YF-16_and_YF-17_in_flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/YF-16_and_YF-17_in_flight.jpg/330px-YF-16_and_YF-17_in_flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/YF-16_and_YF-17_in_flight.jpg/440px-YF-16_and_YF-17_in_flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2544" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>YF-16 and YF-17 prototypes being tested by the U.S. Air Force</figcaption></figure> The United States Navy started the Naval Fighter-Attack, Experimental (<a href="/wiki/VFAX" title="VFAX">VFAX</a>) program to procure a multirole aircraft to replace the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk" title="Douglas A-4 Skyhawk">Douglas A-4 Skyhawk</a>, the <a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">A-7 Corsair II</a>, and the remaining <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs</a>, and to complement the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">Grumman F-14 Tomcat</a>. Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Kent_Lee" title="Kent Lee">Kent Lee</a>, then head of <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Systems_Command" title="Naval Air Systems Command">Naval Air Systems Command</a>, was the lead advocate for the VFAX against strong opposition from many Navy officers, including Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/William_D._Houser" title="William D. Houser">William D. Houser</a>, deputy chief of naval operations for air warfare – the highest-ranking naval aviator.<a href="#cite_note-Kelly_Inside_Story-2">[2]</a> In August 1973, Congress mandated that the Navy pursue a lower-cost alternative to the F-14. <a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a> proposed a stripped F-14 designated the F-14X, while <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a> proposed a naval variant of the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">F-15</a>, but both were nearly as expensive as the F-14.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p19-3">[3]</a> That summer, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/James_R._Schlesinger" title="James R. Schlesinger">James R. Schlesinger</a> ordered the Navy to evaluate the competitors in the Air Force's <a href="/wiki/Lightweight_Fighter_program" title="Lightweight Fighter program">Lightweight Fighter</a> (LWF) program, the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics" title="General Dynamics">General Dynamics</a> <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">YF-16</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">Northrop YF-17</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Navy_History_Hornet-4">[4]</a> The Air Force competition specified a day fighter with no strike capability. In May 1974, the House Armed Services Committee redirected $34 million from the VFAX to a new program, the Navy Air Combat Fighter (NACF),<a href="#cite_note-Navy_History_Hornet-4">[4]</a> intended to make maximum use of the technology developed for the LWF program.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p19-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redesigning_the_YF-17">Redesigning the YF-17</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Redesigning the YF-17">edit</a>]</div> Though the YF-16 won the LWF competition, the Navy was skeptical that an aircraft with one engine and narrow landing gear could be easily or economically adapted to carrier service, and refused to adopt an F-16 derivative. On 2 May 1975, the Navy announced its selection of the YF-17.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Since the LWF did not share the design requirements of the VFAX, the Navy asked McDonnell Douglas and Northrop to develop a new aircraft from the design and principles of the YF-17. On 1 March 1977, Secretary of the Navy W. Graham Claytor announced, that the F-18 would be named "Hornet", after the characteristics of the Hornet insect. It also shares the namesake with ships that had borne the name <a href="/wiki/USS_Hornet" title="USS Hornet">USS Hornet</a> since the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p19-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Northrop_YF-17_Cobra_-_in_flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Northrop_YF-17_Cobra_-_in_flight.jpg/220px-Northrop_YF-17_Cobra_-_in_flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Northrop_YF-17_Cobra_-_in_flight.jpg/330px-Northrop_YF-17_Cobra_-_in_flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Northrop_YF-17_Cobra_-_in_flight.jpg/440px-Northrop_YF-17_Cobra_-_in_flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="517" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17_Cobra" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop YF-17 Cobra">Northrop YF-17 Cobra</a> was developed into the carrier-capable F/A-18.</figcaption></figure> Northrop had partnered with McDonnell Douglas as a secondary contractor on NACF to capitalize on the latter's experience in building carrier aircraft, including the widely used F-4 Phantom II. On the F-18, the two companies agreed to evenly split component manufacturing, with McDonnell Douglas conducting the final assembly. McDonnell Douglas would build the wings, <a href="/wiki/Stabilator" title="Stabilator">stabilators</a>, and forward fuselage; while Northrop would build the center and aft fuselage and vertical stabilizers. McDonnell Douglas was the prime contractor for the naval versions, and Northrop would be the prime contractor for the F-18L land-based version which Northrop hoped to sell on the export market.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p19-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Navy_History_Hornet-4">[4]</a> The F-18, initially known as McDonnell Douglas Model 267, was drastically modified from the YF-17. For carrier operations, the airframe, undercarriage, and <a href="/wiki/Tailhook" title="Tailhook">tailhook</a> were strengthened, folding wings and catapult attachments were added, and the landing gear was widened. Another wheel was added to the front landing gear as well.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p22-7">[7]</a> To meet Navy range and reserves requirements, McDonnell increased fuel capacity by 4,460 pounds (2,020 kg), by enlarging the dorsal spine and adding a 96-gallon fuel tank to each wing. A "snag" was added to the wing's <a href="/wiki/Leading_edge" title="Leading edge">leading edge</a> and stabilators to prevent an <a href="/wiki/Aeroelastic_flutter" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeroelastic flutter">aeroelastic flutter</a> discovered in the F-15 stabilator. The wings and stabilators were enlarged, the aft fuselage widened by 4 inches (102 mm), and the engines canted outward at the front. These changes added 10,000 lb (4,540 kg) to the gross weight, bringing it to 37,000 lb (16,800 kg). The YF-17's control system was replaced with a fully digital <a href="/wiki/Fly-by-wire" title="Fly-by-wire">fly-by-wire</a> system with quadruple redundancy, the first to be installed in a production fighter. The airframe was designed for a service life of 6,000 flight hours.<a href="#cite_note-service_life-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p22-7">[7]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_YF-18A_Hornet_on_display_in_1978.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/First_YF-18A_Hornet_on_display_in_1978.JPG/220px-First_YF-18A_Hornet_on_display_in_1978.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/First_YF-18A_Hornet_on_display_in_1978.JPG/330px-First_YF-18A_Hornet_on_display_in_1978.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/First_YF-18A_Hornet_on_display_in_1978.JPG/440px-First_YF-18A_Hornet_on_display_in_1978.JPG 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption>First preproduction F-18A in October 1978</figcaption></figure> Originally, plans were to acquire a total of 780 aircraft of three variants: the single-seat F-18A fighter and A-18A attack aircraft, differing only in avionics, and the dual-seat TF-18A, which retained full mission capability of the F-18 with a reduced fuel load.<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a> Following improvements in avionics and multifunction displays, and a redesign of external stores stations, the A-18A and F-18A were able to be combined into one aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p19-3">[3]</a> Starting in 1980, the aircraft began to be referred to as the F/A-18A, and the designation was officially announced on 1 April 1984. The TF-18A was redesignated F/A-18B.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p19-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northrop's_F-18L">Northrop's F-18L</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Northrop's F-18L">edit</a>]</div> Northrop developed the F-18L as a potential export aircraft. Since it was not strengthened for carrier service, it was expected to be lighter and better performing, and a strong competitor to the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a> then being offered to American allies. The F-18L's normal <a href="/wiki/Gross_weight" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross weight">gross weight</a> was lighter than the F/A-18A by 7,700 pounds (3,490 kg), via lighter landing gear, lack of wing folding mechanism, reduced part thickness in areas, and lower fuel-carrying capacity. Though the aircraft retained a lightened tailhook, the most obvious external difference was the removal of "snags" on the leading edge of the wings and stabilators. It still retained 71% commonality with the F/A-18 by parts weight, and 90% of the high-value systems, including the avionics, radar, and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasure" title="Electronic countermeasure">electronic countermeasure</a> suite, though alternatives were offered. Unlike the F/A-18, the F-18L carried no fuel in its wings and lacked weapons stations on the intakes. It had three underwing pylons on each side, instead.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p26-10">[10]</a> The F/A-18L version followed to coincide with the U.S. Navy's F/A-18A as a land-based export alternative. This was essentially an F/A-18A lightened by about 2,500 to 3,000 pounds (1,130 to 1,360 kg); weight was reduced by removing the folding wing and associated actuators, implementing a simpler landing gear (single wheel nose gear and <a href="/wiki/Cantilever" title="Cantilever">cantilever</a> oleo main gear), and changing to a land-based tail hook. The revised F/A-18L included wing fuel tanks and fuselage stations of the F/A-18A. Its weapons capacity would increase from 13,700 to 20,000 pounds (6,210 to 9,070 kg), largely due to the addition of a third underwing pylon and strengthened wingtips (11 stations in total vs 9 stations of the F/A-18A). Compared to the F-18L, the outboard weapons pylons are closer to the wingtip missile rails. Because of the strengthened nonfolding wing, the wingtip missile rails were designed to carry either the <a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">AIM-7 Sparrow</a> or <a href="/wiki/Skyflash" title="Skyflash">Skyflash</a> medium-range air-to-air missiles, in addition to the <a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinder</a> as found on the F/A-18A. The F/A-18L was strengthened for a 9 g design load factor compared to the F/A-18A's 7.5 g factor.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> The partnership between McDonnell Douglas and Northrop soured over competition for foreign sales for the two models. Northrop felt that McDonnell Douglas would put the F/A-18 in direct competition with the F-18L. In October 1979, Northrop filed a series of lawsuits charging that McDonnell was using Northrop technology developed for the F-18L for foreign sales of the F/A-18 in violation of their agreement, and asked for a moratorium on foreign sales of the Hornet. McDonnell Douglas countersued, alleging Northrop illegally used F/A-18 technology in its <a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark" title="Northrop F-20 Tigershark">F-20 Tigershark</a>. A settlement was announced 8 April 1985 for all of the lawsuits.<a href="#cite_note-Los_Angeles_Times-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-15">[15]</a> McDonnell Douglas paid Northrop $50 million for "rights to sell the F/A-18 wherever it could".<a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-15">[15]</a> Additionally, the companies agreed on McDonnell Douglas as the prime contractor with Northrop as the principal subcontractor.<a href="#cite_note-Los_Angeles_Times-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-15">[15]</a> As principal subcontractor, Northrop will produce the rear section for the F/A-18 (A/B/C/D/E/F), while McDonnell Douglas will produce the rest with final assembly to be performed by McDonnell Douglas.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> At the time of the settlement, Northrop had ceased work on the F-18L. Most export orders for the F-18L were captured by the F-16 or the F/A-18.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p26-10">[10]</a> The F-20 Tigershark did not enter production, and although the program was not officially terminated until 17 November 1986, it was dead by mid-1985.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Into_production">Into production</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Into production">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FA-18-NAVY-Blue-Diamond.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Overall-gray jet fighter, with red, blue and white-tipped nose, is overflying sea and scattered white clouds down below. The aircraft is carrying streamlined external fuel tanks and missiles under its wings, and is heading right." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/FA-18-NAVY-Blue-Diamond.jpg/220px-FA-18-NAVY-Blue-Diamond.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/FA-18-NAVY-Blue-Diamond.jpg/330px-FA-18-NAVY-Blue-Diamond.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/FA-18-NAVY-Blue-Diamond.jpg/440px-FA-18-NAVY-Blue-Diamond.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1575" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Navy F/A-18C during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002</figcaption></figure> During flight testing, the snag on the leading edge of the stabilators was filled in, and the gap between the <a href="/wiki/Leading-edge_extension" title="Leading-edge extension">leading-edge extensions</a> (LEX) and the fuselage was mostly filled in. The gaps, called the <a href="/wiki/Boundary_layer" title="Boundary layer">boundary layer</a> air discharge slots, controlled the vortices generated by the LEX and presented clean air to the vertical stabilizers at high <a href="/wiki/Angle_of_attack" title="Angle of attack">angles of attack</a>, but they also generated a great deal of <a href="/wiki/Parasitic_drag" title="Parasitic drag">parasitic drag</a>, worsening the problem of the F/A-18's inadequate range. McDonnell filled in 80% of the gap, leaving a small slot to <a href="/wiki/Bleed_air" title="Bleed air">bleed air</a> from the engine intake. This may have contributed to early problems with fatigue cracks appearing on the vertical stabilizers due to extreme <a href="/wiki/Structural_load" title="Structural load">structural loads</a>, resulting in a short grounding in 1984 until the stabilizers were strengthened. Starting in May 1988, a small vertical fence was added to the top of each LEX to broaden the vortices and direct them away from the vertical stabilizers. This also provided a minor increase in controllability as a side effect.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p35-18">[18]</a> F/A-18s of early versions had a problem with insufficient rate of roll, exacerbated by the insufficient wing stiffness, especially with heavy underwing ordnance loads. The first production F/A-18A flew on 12 April 1980. After a production run of 380 F/A-18As<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Milestones-19">[19]</a> (including the nine assigned to flight systems development), manufacture shifted to the F/A-18C in September 1987.<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Improvements_and_design_changes">Improvements and design changes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Improvements and design changes">edit</a>]</div> In the 1990s, the U.S. Navy faced the need to replace its aging <a href="/wiki/A-6_Intruder" class="mw-redirect" title="A-6 Intruder">A-6 Intruders</a> and A-7 Corsair IIs with no replacement in development.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_p45-20">[20]</a> To answer this deficiency, the Navy commissioned development of the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">F/A-18E/F Super Hornet</a>. Despite its designation, it is not just an upgrade of the F/A-18 Hornet, but rather, a new, larger airframe using the design concepts of the Hornet. Hornets and Super Hornets will serve complementary roles in the U.S. Navy carrier fleet until the Hornet A-D models are completely replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35C Lightning II</a>. Although the airframe was originally designed for service life of 6,000 flight hours, the Marines have chosen to extend the use of certain F/A-18s up to 10,000 flight hours, due to delays in the F-35B variant.<a href="#cite_note-service_life-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Design">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Airshowfan-dot-com--by-Bernardo-Malfitano--Image-of-Hornet-at-PCAM-Airshow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Jet fighter aircraft is seen against blue sky executing a pull-up, making it nearly vertical with contrail formed aft of the canopy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Airshowfan-dot-com--by-Bernardo-Malfitano--Image-of-Hornet-at-PCAM-Airshow.jpg/220px-Airshowfan-dot-com--by-Bernardo-Malfitano--Image-of-Hornet-at-PCAM-Airshow.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Airshowfan-dot-com--by-Bernardo-Malfitano--Image-of-Hornet-at-PCAM-Airshow.jpg/330px-Airshowfan-dot-com--by-Bernardo-Malfitano--Image-of-Hornet-at-PCAM-Airshow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Airshowfan-dot-com--by-Bernardo-Malfitano--Image-of-Hornet-at-PCAM-Airshow.jpg/440px-Airshowfan-dot-com--by-Bernardo-Malfitano--Image-of-Hornet-at-PCAM-Airshow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="544" /></a><figcaption>F/A-18C Hornet performing a high-g pull-up. The high angle of attack causes powerful <a href="/wiki/Wingtip_vortices" title="Wingtip vortices">vortices</a> to form at the leading edge extensions.</figcaption></figure> The F/A-18 is a twin engine, <a href="/wiki/Mid_wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid wing">midwing</a>, multimission tactical aircraft. It is highly maneuverable, due to its good thrust-to-weight ratio, digital <a href="/wiki/Fly-by-wire" title="Fly-by-wire">fly-by-wire</a> control system, and <a href="/wiki/Leading-edge_extension" title="Leading-edge extension">leading-edge extensions</a>, which allow the Hornet to remain controllable at high angles of attack. The <a href="/wiki/Trapezoidal_wing" title="Trapezoidal wing">trapezoidal wing</a> has a 20-degree sweepback on the leading edge and a straight trailing edge. The wing has full-span, leading-edge flaps and the trailing edge has single-slotted <a href="/wiki/Flap_(aeronautics)" title="Flap (aeronautics)">flaps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aileron" title="Aileron">ailerons</a> over the entire span.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Canted vertical stabilizers are another distinguishing design element, one among several other such elements that enable the Hornet's excellent high <a href="/wiki/Angle_of_attack" title="Angle of attack">angle of attack</a> ability, including oversized horizontal stabilators, oversized trailing-edge flaps that operate as <a href="/wiki/Flaperon" title="Flaperon">flaperons</a>, large full-length <a href="/wiki/Leading-edge_slat" title="Leading-edge slat">leading-edge slats</a>, and flight control computer programming that multiplies the movement of each control surface at low speeds and moves the vertical rudders inboard instead of simply left and right. The Hornet's normally high angle of attack performance envelope was put to rigorous testing and enhanced in the NASA F-18 <a href="/wiki/High_Alpha_Research_Vehicle" title="High Alpha Research Vehicle">High Alpha Research Vehicle</a> (HARV). NASA used the F-18 HARV to demonstrate flight handling characteristics at high angle-of-attack (alpha) of 65–70 degrees using <a href="/wiki/Thrust_vectoring" title="Thrust vectoring">thrust vectoring</a> vanes.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> F/A-18 stabilators were also used as canards on NASA's <a href="/wiki/F-15S/MTD" class="mw-redirect" title="F-15S/MTD">F-15S/MTD</a>. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-A-18C_Hornet_in_transonic_flight,_with_condensation_cones.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/F-A-18C_Hornet_in_transonic_flight%2C_with_condensation_cones.jpg/220px-F-A-18C_Hornet_in_transonic_flight%2C_with_condensation_cones.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/F-A-18C_Hornet_in_transonic_flight%2C_with_condensation_cones.jpg/330px-F-A-18C_Hornet_in_transonic_flight%2C_with_condensation_cones.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/F-A-18C_Hornet_in_transonic_flight%2C_with_condensation_cones.jpg/440px-F-A-18C_Hornet_in_transonic_flight%2C_with_condensation_cones.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="1652" /></a><figcaption>F/A-18C Hornet in <a href="/wiki/Transonic" title="Transonic">transonic</a> flight producing flow-induced <a href="/wiki/Vapor_cone" title="Vapor cone">vapor cone</a></figcaption></figure> The Hornet was among the first aircraft to heavily use <a href="/wiki/Multi-function_display" title="Multi-function display">multifunction displays</a>, which at the switch of a button allow a pilot to perform either fighter or attack roles or both. This "<a href="/wiki/Force_multiplication" title="Force multiplication">force multiplier</a>" ability gives the operational commander more flexibility to employ tactical aircraft in a fast-changing battle scenario. It was the first Navy aircraft to incorporate a digital <a href="/wiki/Multiplexing" title="Multiplexing">multiplexing</a> avionics <a href="/wiki/Bus_(computing)" title="Bus (computing)">bus</a>, enabling easy upgrades.<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FA-18.engines.RAAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/FA-18.engines.RAAF.jpg/220px-FA-18.engines.RAAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/FA-18.engines.RAAF.jpg/330px-FA-18.engines.RAAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/FA-18.engines.RAAF.jpg/440px-FA-18.engines.RAAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Exhaust nozzles of an <a href="/wiki/RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF">RAAF</a> F/A-18</figcaption></figure> The Hornet was designed to reduce maintenance, and as a result, has required far less downtime than its heavier counterparts, the <a href="/wiki/F-14_Tomcat" class="mw-redirect" title="F-14 Tomcat">F-14 Tomcat</a> and the <a href="/wiki/A-6_Intruder" class="mw-redirect" title="A-6 Intruder">A-6 Intruder</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures" title="Mean time between failures">mean time between failures</a> is three times greater than any other Navy strike aircraft, and requires half the maintenance time.<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a> Its <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_F404" title="General Electric F404">General Electric F404</a> engines were also innovative in that they were designed with operability, reliability, and maintainability first. The engine, while unexceptional in rated performance, demonstrates exceptional robustness under various conditions and is resistant to stall and flameout.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> The F404 engine connects to the airframe at only 10 points and can be replaced without special equipment: a four-person team can remove the engine within 20 minutes. The aircraft has a top speed of <a href="/wiki/Mach_number" title="Mach number">Mach</a> 1.8 at 40,000 ft.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> The engine air inlets of the Hornet, like that of the F-16, are of a simpler "fixed" design, while those of the F-4, F-14, and F-15 have variable geometry or variable <a href="/wiki/Intake_ramp" title="Intake ramp">intake ramp</a> air inlets. A 1989 USMC study found that single-seat fighters were well suited to air-to-air combat missions, while dual-seat fighters were favored for complex strike missions against heavy air and ground defenses in adverse weather—the question being not so much as to whether a second pair of eyes would be useful, but as to having the second crewman sit in the same fighter or in a second fighter. Single-seat fighters that lacked wingmen were shown to be especially vulnerable.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operational history">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: United States">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Entry_into_service">Entry into service</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Entry into service">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-18A_Hornet_of_VFA-132_in_flight_c1985.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An F/A-18A Hornet from VFA-132 Privateers in flight, circa 1985 during a deployment." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/F-18A_Hornet_of_VFA-132_in_flight_c1985.jpg/220px-F-18A_Hornet_of_VFA-132_in_flight_c1985.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/F-18A_Hornet_of_VFA-132_in_flight_c1985.jpg/330px-F-18A_Hornet_of_VFA-132_in_flight_c1985.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/F-18A_Hornet_of_VFA-132_in_flight_c1985.jpg/440px-F-18A_Hornet_of_VFA-132_in_flight_c1985.jpg 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="440" /></a><figcaption>A F/A-18A Hornet from <a href="/wiki/VFA-132" title="VFA-132">VFA-132 Privateers</a> in flight, circa 1985</figcaption></figure> McDonnell Douglas rolled out the first F/A-18A on 13 September 1978,<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Milestones-19">[19]</a> in blue-on-white colors marked with "Navy" on the left and "Marines" on the right. Its first flight was on 18 November.<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Milestones-19">[19]</a> In a break with tradition, the Navy pioneered the "principal site concept"<a href="#cite_note-Navy_History_Hornet-4">[4]</a> with the F/A-18, where almost all testing was done at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River" title="Naval Air Station Patuxent River">Naval Air Station Patuxent River</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a> instead of near the site of manufacture, and using Navy and Marine Corps test pilots instead of civilians early in development. In March 1979, Lt. Cdr. John Padgett became the first Navy pilot to fly the F/A-18.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p29-25">[25]</a> Following trials and operational testing by VX-4 and VX-5, Hornets began to fill the Fleet Replacement Squadrons <a href="/wiki/VFA-125" title="VFA-125">VFA-125</a>, VFA-106, and VMFAT-101, where pilots are introduced to the F/A-18. The Hornet entered operational service with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/VMFA-314" title="VMFA-314">VMFA-314</a> at <a href="/wiki/MCAS_El_Toro" class="mw-redirect" title="MCAS El Toro">MCAS El Toro</a> on 7 January 1983,<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Milestones-19">[19]</a> and with Navy squadrons <a href="/wiki/VFA-113" title="VFA-113">VFA-113</a> and <a href="/wiki/VFA-25" title="VFA-25">VFA-25</a> on 1 July 1984, replacing F-4s and A-7Es, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a> Navy strike-fighter squadrons <a href="/wiki/VFA-25" title="VFA-25">VFA-25</a> and <a href="/wiki/VFA-113" title="VFA-113">VFA-113</a> (assigned to <a href="/wiki/CVW-14" class="mw-redirect" title="CVW-14">CVW-14</a>) deployed aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Constellation_(CV-64)" title="USS Constellation (CV-64)">USS Constellation</a> from February to August 1985, marking the first deployment for the F/A-18. The initial fleet reports were complimentary, indicating that the Hornet was extraordinarily reliable, a major change from its predecessor, the F-4J.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-26">[26]</a> In January 1985, the <a href="/wiki/VFA-131" title="VFA-131">VFA-131</a> "Wildcats" and the <a href="/wiki/VFA-132" title="VFA-132">VFA-132</a> "Privateers" moved from <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Lemoore" title="Naval Air Station Lemoore">Naval Air Station Lemoore</a>, California to <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Cecil_Field" title="Naval Air Station Cecil Field">Naval Air Station Cecil Field</a>, Florida to become the Atlantic Fleet's first F/A-18 squadrons. <a href="/wiki/VFA-151" title="VFA-151">VFA-151</a>, <a href="/wiki/VFA-161" title="VFA-161">VFA-161</a>, <a href="/wiki/VFA-192" title="VFA-192">VFA-192</a> and <a href="/wiki/VFA-195_(U.S._Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="VFA-195 (U.S. Navy)">VFA-195</a> transitioned to the F/A-18A in 1986.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> With the exception of VFA-161, the rest would move to <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Facility_Atsugi" title="Naval Air Facility Atsugi">NAF Atsugi</a>, Japan to join <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Air_Wing_Five" title="Carrier Air Wing Five">CVW-5</a> and the <a href="/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)" title="USS Midway (CV-41)">USS Midway</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Other squadrons that switched to F/A-18 included <a href="/wiki/VFA-146" title="VFA-146">VFA-146</a> "Blue Diamonds", and <a href="/wiki/VFA-147" title="VFA-147">VFA-147</a> "Argonauts". <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BlueAngelsFA18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/BlueAngelsFA18.jpg/220px-BlueAngelsFA18.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/BlueAngelsFA18.jpg/330px-BlueAngelsFA18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/BlueAngelsFA18.jpg/440px-BlueAngelsFA18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="460" /></a><figcaption>Blue Angels' No. 6 F/A-18A</figcaption></figure> The U.S. Navy's <a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a> Flight Demonstration Squadron switched to the F/A-18 Hornet in 1986,<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Milestones-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> replacing the A-4 Skyhawk. The Blue Angels performed in F/A-18A, B, C, and D models at air shows and other special events across the US and worldwide before transitioning to the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in late 2020.<a href="#cite_note-:1-30">[30]</a> Blue Angels pilots must have 1,250 hours and an aircraft-carrier certification. The two-seat B and D models were typically used to give rides to <a href="/wiki/Very_Important_Person" class="mw-redirect" title="Very Important Person">VIPs</a>, but also filled in for other aircraft, if such a need arose.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> operates several F/A-18 aircraft for research purposes and also as chase aircraft; these F/A-18s are based at the <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center" title="Armstrong Flight Research Center">Armstrong Flight Research Center</a> (formerly the Dryden Flight Research Center) in California.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> NASA received three two-seat F/A-18B aircraft in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> On 21 September 2012, two NASA F/A-18s escorted a NASA <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747</a> <a href="/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft" title="Shuttle Carrier Aircraft">Shuttle Carrier Aircraft</a> carrying the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour" title="Space Shuttle Endeavour">Space Shuttle Endeavour</a> over portions of California to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport" title="Los Angeles International Airport">Los Angeles International Airport</a> before being delivered to the <a href="/wiki/California_Science_Center" title="California Science Center">California Science Center</a> museum in Los Angeles.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Combat_operations">Combat operations</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Combat operations">edit</a>]</div> The F/A-18 first saw combat action in April 1986, when VFA-131, VFA-132, VMFA-314, and VMFA-323 Hornets from <a href="/wiki/USS_Coral_Sea_(CV-43)" title="USS Coral Sea (CV-43)">USS Coral Sea</a> flew Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) missions against Libyan air defenses during <a href="/wiki/Action_in_the_Gulf_of_Sidra_(1986)" title="Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)">Operation Prairie Fire</a> and an attack on <a href="/wiki/Benghazi" title="Benghazi">Benghazi</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_El_Dorado_Canyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation El Dorado Canyon">Operation El Dorado Canyon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p42-4-35">[35]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> of 1991, the Navy deployed 106 F/A-18A/C Hornets and Marine Corps deployed 84 F/A-18A/C/D Hornets.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p71-36">[36]</a> F/A-18 pilots were credited with two kills during the Gulf War, both <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21">MiG-21s</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> On 17 January, the first day of the war, U.S. Navy pilots Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Mark_I._Fox" title="Mark I. Fox">Mark I. Fox</a> and, Lieutenant Nick Mongilio were in a flight of four Hornets<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-39">[39]</a> when they were sent from <a href="/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-60)" title="USS Saratoga (CV-60)">USS Saratoga</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> to bomb airfield <a href="/wiki/H-3_Air_Base" title="H-3 Air Base">H-3</a> in southwestern <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Iraq</a>.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> While en route, they were warned by an <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">E-2C</a> of approaching "Bandits" or Iraqi MiG-21 aircraft. The Hornets shot down the two MiGs with <a href="/wiki/AIM-7" class="mw-redirect" title="AIM-7">AIM-7</a> and <a href="/wiki/AIM-9" class="mw-redirect" title="AIM-9">AIM-9</a> missiles in a brief dogfight. It took 40 seconds from when the bandits appeared on the radar of the E-2 until both aircraft were shot down.<a href="#cite_note-:2-39">[39]</a> The F/A-18s, each carrying four 2,000 lb (910 kg) bombs, then resumed their bombing run before returning to Saratoga.<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Milestones-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p74-5-41">[41]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet_US_Navy_VFA-195_-_NF101_(1991_Gulf_War).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="NF101, an F/A-18A Hornet assigned to VFA-195 Dambusters aboard the USS Midway, CV-41 in the 1991 Gulf War." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet_US_Navy_VFA-195_-_NF101_%281991_Gulf_War%29.png/220px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet_US_Navy_VFA-195_-_NF101_%281991_Gulf_War%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet_US_Navy_VFA-195_-_NF101_%281991_Gulf_War%29.png/330px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet_US_Navy_VFA-195_-_NF101_%281991_Gulf_War%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet_US_Navy_VFA-195_-_NF101_%281991_Gulf_War%29.png/440px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet_US_Navy_VFA-195_-_NF101_%281991_Gulf_War%29.png 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2228" /></a><figcaption>NF101, an F/A-18A Hornet assigned to <a href="/wiki/VFA-195_(U.S._Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="VFA-195 (U.S. Navy)">VFA-195 Dambusters</a> aboard the <a href="/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)" title="USS Midway (CV-41)">USS Midway</a> in the 1991 Gulf War.</figcaption></figure> The Hornet's survivability was demonstrated when a Hornet took hits in both engines and flew 125 mi (201 km) back to base. It was repaired and flying within a few days. F/A-18s flew 4,551 sorties with 10 Hornets damaged including three losses, one confirmed lost to enemy fire.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p72-42">[42]</a> All three losses were U.S. Navy F/A-18s, with two of their pilots lost. On 17 January 1991, Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Scott_Speicher" title="Scott Speicher">Scott Speicher</a> of <a href="/wiki/VFA-81" title="VFA-81">VFA-81</a> was shot down and killed in the crash of his aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> An unclassified summary of a 2001 <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</a> report suggests that Speicher's aircraft was shot down by a missile fired from an <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force" title="Iraqi Air Force">Iraqi Air Force</a> aircraft,<a href="#cite_note-CIA_summ-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> most likely a <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25">MiG-25</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nyt121495-46">[46]</a> On 24 January 1991, F/A-18A bureau number 163121, from <a href="/wiki/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_(CVN-71)" title="USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)">USS Theodore Roosevelt</a>, piloted by Lt H.E. Overs, was lost due to an engine failure or loss of control over the Persian Gulf. The pilot ejected and was recovered by <a href="/wiki/USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)" title="USS Wisconsin (BB-64)">USS Wisconsin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-The_Air_Forces_Book_of_the_F/A-18_Hornet,_2003-47">[47]</a> On 5 February 1991, F/A-18A bureau number 163096, piloted by Lieutenant Robert Dwyer was lost over the North <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> after a successful mission to Iraq; he was officially listed as <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">killed in action, body not recovered</a>. As the A-6 Intruder was retired in the 1990s, its role was filled by the F/A-18. The F/A-18 demonstrated its versatility and reliability during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>, shooting down enemy fighters and subsequently bombing enemy targets with the same aircraft on the same mission. It broke records for tactical aircraft in availability, reliability, and maintainability. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_F-A-18C_Hornet_launches_from_the_flight_deck_of_the_conventionally_powered_aircraft_carrier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="F/A-18 Hornet fighter departing aircraft carrier. A gray aircraft, with blue and yellow fins, has just left the edge of carrier's deck, as evident through the extended landing gear." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/An_F-A-18C_Hornet_launches_from_the_flight_deck_of_the_conventionally_powered_aircraft_carrier.jpg/220px-An_F-A-18C_Hornet_launches_from_the_flight_deck_of_the_conventionally_powered_aircraft_carrier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/An_F-A-18C_Hornet_launches_from_the_flight_deck_of_the_conventionally_powered_aircraft_carrier.jpg/330px-An_F-A-18C_Hornet_launches_from_the_flight_deck_of_the_conventionally_powered_aircraft_carrier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/An_F-A-18C_Hornet_launches_from_the_flight_deck_of_the_conventionally_powered_aircraft_carrier.jpg/440px-An_F-A-18C_Hornet_launches_from_the_flight_deck_of_the_conventionally_powered_aircraft_carrier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1391" /></a><figcaption>F/A-18C of <a href="/wiki/VFA-192" title="VFA-192">VFA-192</a> taking off from <a href="/wiki/USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)" title="USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)">USS Kitty Hawk</a> in 2005</figcaption></figure>Both U.S. Navy F/A-18A/C models and Marine F/A-18A/C/D models were used continuously in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Southern_Watch" title="Operation Southern Watch">Operation Southern Watch</a> and over Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s. U.S. Navy Hornets flew during <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> in 2001 from carriers operating in the North Arabian Sea. Both the F/A-18A/C and newer F/A-18E/F variants were used during <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> in 2003, operating from aircraft carriers as well from an air base in Kuwait. Later in the conflict USMC A+, C, and primarily D models operated from bases within Iraq. An F/A-18C was accidentally downed in a <a href="/wiki/Friendly_fire" title="Friendly fire">friendly fire</a> incident by a <a href="/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot" title="MIM-104 Patriot">Patriot missile</a> when a pilot tried to evade two missiles fired at his plane and crashed.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Two others collided over Iraq in May 2005. As of 2017, the USMC plans to use the F/A-18 until the early 2030s.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> The last operational deployment of the F/A-18C Hornet in U.S. Navy service was aboard the <a href="/wiki/USS_Carl_Vinson" title="USS Carl Vinson">USS Carl Vinson</a> and ended on 12 March 2018.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> The aircraft briefly went back to sea for routine carrier qualifications in October, but it was retired from active Navy service on 1 February 2019. The type continued to be used by reserve units, primarily for adversary training.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> The actual final Navy F/A-18C operational flight occurred on 2 October 2019.<a href="#cite_note-USN_retirement-52">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-U.S._service">Non-U.S. service</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Non-U.S. service">edit</a>]</div> The F/A-18 has been purchased and is in operation with several foreign air services. Export Hornets are typically similar to U.S. models of a similar manufacture date. Since none of the customers operate <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>, all export models have been sold without the automatic carrier landing system, and the Royal Australian Air Force further removed the catapult attachment on the nose gear.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-26">[26]</a> Except for Canada, all export customers purchased their Hornets through the U.S. Navy, via the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Military_Sales" title="Foreign Military Sales">Foreign Military Sales</a> program, where the Navy acts as the purchasing manager, but incurs no financial gain or loss. Canada is the largest Hornet operator outside of the U.S. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia">Australia</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Australia">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet_in_Australian_service" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in Australian service">McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in Australian service</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Three_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_in_formation_after_refueling.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Three_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_in_formation_after_refueling.jpg/220px-Three_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_in_formation_after_refueling.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Three_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_in_formation_after_refueling.jpg/330px-Three_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_in_formation_after_refueling.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Three_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_in_formation_after_refueling.jpg/440px-Three_RAAF_FA-18_Hornets_in_formation_after_refueling.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3979" data-file-height="2650" /></a><figcaption>Three RAAF F/A-18As in 2013</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> purchased 57 F/A-18A fighters and 18 F/A-18B two-seat trainers to replace its <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_IIIT" class="mw-redirect" title="Dassault Mirage IIIT">Dassault Mirage IIIOs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Crick_ADF-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p86-54">[54]</a> Numerous options were considered for the replacement, notably the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">F-15A Eagle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a>, and the then new F/A-18 Hornet.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> The F-15 was discounted because the version offered had no ground-attack capability. The F-16 was considered unsuitable largely due to having only one engine.<a href="#cite_note-AusHornetImps-56">[56]</a> Australia selected the F/A-18 in October 1981.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p86-54">[54]</a> Original differences between the Australian and U.S. Navy's standard F/A-18 were the removed nose-wheel tie bar for catapult launch (later re-fitted with a dummy version to remove nose wheel shimmy), addition of a high frequency radio, an Australian fatigue data analysis system, an improved video and voice recorder, and the use of <a href="/wiki/Instrument_landing_system" title="Instrument landing system">instrument landing system</a>/<a href="/wiki/VHF_omnidirectional_range" title="VHF omnidirectional range">VHF omnidirectional range</a> instead of the carrier landing system.<a href="#cite_note-AusHornetImps-56">[56]</a> The first two aircraft were produced in the US, with the remainder assembled in Australia at <a href="/wiki/Government_Aircraft_Factories" title="Government Aircraft Factories">Government Aircraft Factories</a>. F/A-18 deliveries to the RAAF began on 29 October 1984, and continued until May 1990.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-57">[57]</a> In 2001, Australia <a href="/wiki/Operation_Slipper#Diego_Garcia" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Slipper">deployed four aircraft</a> to <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>, in an air-defense role, during coalition operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan. In 2003, <a href="/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 75 Squadron RAAF">75 Squadron</a> deployed 14 F/A-18s to Qatar as part of <a href="/wiki/Australian_contribution_to_the_2003_invasion_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq">Operation Falconer</a> and these aircraft saw action during the invasion of Iraq.<a href="#cite_note-Holmes_38-58">[58]</a> Australia had 71 Hornets in service in 2006, after four were lost to crashes.<a href="#cite_note-Crick_ADF-53">[53]</a> The fleet was upgraded beginning in the late 1990s to extend their service lives to 2015.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p91-59">[59]</a> They were expected to be retired then and replaced by the F-35 Lightning II.<a href="#cite_note-Nelson1-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-Nelson2-61">[61]</a> Several of the Australian Hornets subsequently had refits applied to extend their service lives out further to a new planned retirement date of 2020.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> Australia has also purchased 24 <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">F/A-18F Super Hornets</a>, with deliveries beginning in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> In March 2015, six F/A-18As from No. 75 Squadron were deployed to the Middle East as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Okra" title="Operation Okra">Operation Okra</a>, replacing a detachment of Super Hornets.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Australia has sold 25 F/A-18A/Bs to Canada with first two delivered to RCAF in February 2019.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> By 2021, 12 (A)F/A-18A and 6 (A)F/A-18B (and an additional 7 disassembled (A)F/A-18 for spare parts) were sold to the RCAF.<a href="#cite_note-adbr.com.au-66">[66]</a> At Wings Over Illawarra 2021, the Hornet performed its last public flying display before retirement. <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> formally retired the Hornet at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Williamtown" title="RAAF Base Williamtown">RAAF Base Williamtown</a> on 29 November 2021. On 30 November 2021, <a href="/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 75 Squadron RAAF">No. 75 Squadron RAAF</a> flew 7 of the last Hornets from <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Tindal" title="RAAF Base Tindal">RAAF Base Tindal</a> to RAAF Base Williamtown. On 3 December 2021, the last Hornet left RAAF Base Tindal for decommissioning. Due to inclement weather, the Hornet diverted to <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Townsville" title="RAAF Base Townsville">RAAF Base Townsville</a> and concluded the final RAAF Hornet flight to RAAF Base Williamtown on 4 December 2021.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Canada">Canada</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Canada">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_CF-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet">McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadian_CF-18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Canadian_CF-18.jpg/220px-Canadian_CF-18.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Canadian_CF-18.jpg/330px-Canadian_CF-18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Canadian_CF-18.jpg/440px-Canadian_CF-18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Canadian CF-188A Hornet off Hawaii. Note the "false cockpit" on the underside of the aircraft for confusing enemy pilots during <a href="/wiki/Dogfight" title="Dogfight">dogfights</a>.</figcaption></figure> Canada was the first export customer for the Hornet, replacing the <a href="/wiki/Canadair_CF-104" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadair CF-104">Canadair CF-104 Starfighter</a> (air reconnaissance and strike), the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_CF-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo">McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo</a> (air interception) and the <a href="/wiki/Canadair_CF-5" title="Canadair CF-5">Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter</a> (ground attack). The <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces Air Command">Canadian Forces Air Command</a> ordered 98 A models (Canadian designation <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_CF-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet">CF-188A/CF-18A</a>) and 40 B models (designation CF-188B/CF-18B). The original CF-18 as delivered was nearly identical to the F/A-18A and B models.<a href="#cite_note-casr.ca-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Many features that made the F/A-18 suitable for naval carrier operations were retained by the Canadian Forces, such as the robust landing gear, the arrestor hook, and wing folding mechanisms.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> In 1991, Canada committed 26 CF-18s to the Gulf War, based in Qatar. These aircraft primarily provided <a href="/wiki/Combat_Air_Patrol" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Air Patrol">Combat Air Patrol</a> duties, although, late in the air war, began to perform air strikes on Iraqi ground targets. On 30 January 1991, two CF-18s on CAP detected and attacked an Iraqi <a href="/w/index.php?title=TNC-45&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TNC-45 (page does not exist)">TNC-45</a> patrol boat. The vessel was repeatedly strafed and damaged by 20mm cannon fire, but an attempt to sink the ship with an air-to-air missile failed. The ship was subsequently sunk by American aircraft, but the Canadian CF-18s received partial credit for its destruction.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> In June 1999, 18 CF-18s were deployed to Aviano AB, Italy, where they participated in both the air-to-ground and air-to-air roles in the former Yugoslavia. 62 CF-18A and 18 CF-18B aircraft took part in the Incremental Modernization Project which was completed in two phases. The program was launched in 2001 and the last updated aircraft was delivered in March 2010. The aims were to improve air-to-air and air-to-ground combat abilities, upgrade sensors and the defensive suite, and replace the datalinks and communications systems on board the CF-18 from the F/A-18A and F/A-18B standard to the current F/A-18C and F/A-18D standard.<a href="#cite_note-casr.ca-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> In July 2010 the Canadian government announced plans to replace the remaining CF-18 fleet with 65 <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning IIs</a>, with deliveries scheduled to start in 2016.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> In November 2016, Canada announced plans to buy 18 Super Hornets as an interim solution while reviewing its F-35 order.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> The plan for Super Hornets was later, in October 2017, put on hold due to a trade conflict with the U.S. over the Bombardier C-Series. Instead, Canada was seeking to purchase surplus Hornets from Australia or Kuwait.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Canada has since acquired 25 ex-Australian F/A-18A/Bs, the first two of which were delivered in February 2019.<a href="#cite_note-ottawacitizen.com-77">[77]</a> 18 of these airframes will be introduced into active service with the remaining 7 to be used for spare parts and testing.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Finland">Finland</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Finland">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F18hornet_hn428_rissala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/F18hornet_hn428_rissala.jpg/220px-F18hornet_hn428_rissala.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/F18hornet_hn428_rissala.jpg/330px-F18hornet_hn428_rissala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/F18hornet_hn428_rissala.jpg/440px-F18hornet_hn428_rissala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish Air Force</a> F/A-18 at <a href="/wiki/Kuopio_Airport" title="Kuopio Airport">Rissala Airport</a></figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish Air Force</a> ordered 64 F-18C/Ds (57 C models, seven D models) in 1992. All F-18D were built at St. Louis, and then all F-18C were assembled in Finland. Delivery of the aircraft started in November 1995 and ended in August 2000.<a href="#cite_note-Senior_p33-79">[79]</a> The Hornet replaced the <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21">MiG-21bis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saab_35_Draken" title="Saab 35 Draken">Saab 35 Draken</a> in Finnish service. The Finnish Hornets were initially to be used only for air defense, hence the F-18 designation. The F-18C includes the ASPJ (Airborne Self-Protection Jammer) jamming pod ALQ-165.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p100-1-80">[80]</a> The U.S. Navy later included the ALQ-165 on their F/A-18E/F Super Hornet procurement. One Hornet was destroyed in a mid-air collision in 2001. A damaged F-18C, nicknamed "Frankenhornet", was rebuilt into a F-18D using the forward section of a Canadian CF-18B that was purchased.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-FI_franken_crash-82">[82]</a> The modified fighter crashed during a test flight in January 2010,<a href="#cite_note-FI_franken_crash-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> due to a faulty tailplane servo cylinder.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> The Finnish Air Force's Hornet fleet went through a two-stage Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) program. From 2006 to 2010, the MLU 1 stage was aimed at improving the aircraft's air-to-air capabilities. It included the integration of the new <a href="/wiki/AIM-9X" class="mw-redirect" title="AIM-9X">AIM-9X Sidewinder</a> missile together with the JHMCS <a href="/wiki/Helmet-mounted_display" title="Helmet-mounted display">helmet-mounted sight</a>, new radios, a new <a href="/wiki/Identification_friend_or_foe" title="Identification friend or foe">IFF</a> interrogator, and a new moving map display. Then, from 2012 to 2016, the MLU 2 stage was mainly focused at enabling the aircraft to use standoff air-to-ground weapons, including the <a href="/wiki/JDAM" class="mw-redirect" title="JDAM">JDAM</a>, <a href="/wiki/JSOW" class="mw-redirect" title="JSOW">JSOW</a> and <a href="/wiki/JASSM" class="mw-redirect" title="JASSM">JASSM</a>. The Hornets also received the <a href="/wiki/Litening" class="mw-redirect" title="Litening">Litening</a> targeting pod. New <a href="/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure)" title="Chaff (countermeasure)">chaff</a>/<a href="/wiki/Flare" title="Flare">flare</a> dispensers were installed. The cockpit was modernized, and <a href="/wiki/Link_16" title="Link 16">Link 16</a> was added. The upgrade also includes the procurement and integration of a new version of the <a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a> air-to-air missile. In total, 62 aircraft (the whole Finnish Hornet fleet as of 2016) were modernized to MLU 2 standards.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> Since this upgrade gave the plane a ground-attack capability, the Finnish Air Force also started to refer to the plane as "F/A-18" rather than just "F-18".<a href="#cite_note-iv-86">[86]</a> With a service life of 30 years, the Hornets are to remain in active service until 2025–2030.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> In October 2014, the Finnish national broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Yle" title="Yle">Yle</a> announced that consideration was being given to the replacement of the Hornet.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> In 2015, Finland started the <a href="/wiki/HX_Fighter_Program" title="HX Fighter Program">HX Fighter Program</a> that aims to acquire new multirole fighters to replace the current Hornet fleet.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> On 10 December 2021, the Finnish government announced the selection of Lockheed Martin's fifth-generation <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35A Lightning II</a> for its HX Fighter Program.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kuwait">Kuwait</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Kuwait">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kuwaiti_Air_Force_KC-18C.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Kuwaiti_Air_Force_KC-18C.JPEG/220px-Kuwaiti_Air_Force_KC-18C.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Kuwaiti_Air_Force_KC-18C.JPEG/330px-Kuwaiti_Air_Force_KC-18C.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Kuwaiti_Air_Force_KC-18C.JPEG/440px-Kuwaiti_Air_Force_KC-18C.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2616" data-file-height="1587" /></a><figcaption>An F/A-18 of the Kuwaiti Air Force</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Air_Force" title="Kuwait Air Force">Kuwait Air Force</a> (Al Quwwat Aj Jawwaiya Al Kuwaitiya) ordered 32 F/A-18C and eight F/A-18D Hornets in 1988. Delivery started in October 1991 until August 1993.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p93-4-91">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-Senior_p31-92">[92]</a> The F/A-18C/Ds replaced A-4KU Skyhawk. Kuwait Air Force Hornets have flown missions over Iraq during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Southern_Watch" title="Operation Southern Watch">Operation Southern Watch</a> in the 1990s. They have also participated in military exercises with the air forces of other Gulf nations.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p96-93">[93]</a> Kuwait had 39 F/A-18C/D Hornets in service in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> Kuwait also participated in the <a href="/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2015%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)">Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)</a>. In February 2017, the Commander of the Kuwait Air Force revealed that the F/A-18s based at <a href="/wiki/King_Khalid_Air_Base" title="King Khalid Air Base">King Khalid Air Base</a> had performed approximately 3,000 sorties over Yemen.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Malaysia">Malaysia</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Malaysia">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malaysia_-_Air_Force_McDonnell_Douglas_F-18D_Hornet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Malaysia_-_Air_Force_McDonnell_Douglas_F-18D_Hornet.jpg/220px-Malaysia_-_Air_Force_McDonnell_Douglas_F-18D_Hornet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Malaysia_-_Air_Force_McDonnell_Douglas_F-18D_Hornet.jpg/330px-Malaysia_-_Air_Force_McDonnell_Douglas_F-18D_Hornet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Malaysia_-_Air_Force_McDonnell_Douglas_F-18D_Hornet.jpg/440px-Malaysia_-_Air_Force_McDonnell_Douglas_F-18D_Hornet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force" title="Royal Malaysian Air Force">RMAF</a> F/A-18D returning to base after a national day flypast</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force" title="Royal Malaysian Air Force">Royal Malaysian Air Force</a> (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia) has eight F/A-18Ds.<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_1997-97">[97]</a> Delivery of the aircraft spanned from March 1997 to August 1997.<a href="#cite_note-Senior_p33-79">[79]</a> Three Hornets together with five UK-made <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace_Hawk_200" title="British Aerospace Hawk 200">BAE Hawk 208</a> were deployed in a bombing airstrike on the "Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo" terrorists on 5 March 2013, just before the joint forces of the Malaysian Army and Royal Malaysia Police commandos launched an all-out assault during <a href="/wiki/2013_Lahad_Datu_standoff" title="2013 Lahad Datu standoff">Operation Daulat</a>.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> The Hornets were tasked with close air support to the <a href="/wiki/No-fly_zone" title="No-fly zone">no-fly zone</a> in Lahad Datu, Sabah.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Spain">Spain</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Spain">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EF-18A_Spain_(16527586494).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/EF-18A_Spain_%2816527586494%29.jpg/220px-EF-18A_Spain_%2816527586494%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/EF-18A_Spain_%2816527586494%29.jpg/330px-EF-18A_Spain_%2816527586494%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/EF-18A_Spain_%2816527586494%29.jpg/440px-EF-18A_Spain_%2816527586494%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="933" /></a><figcaption>EF-18A taking off and banking to the left in 2015.</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Spanish Air and Space Force">Spanish Air and Space Force</a> (Ejército del Aire y del Espacio) ordered 60 EF-18A model and 12 EF-18B model Hornets (the "E" standing for "España", Spain), named respectively as C.15 and CE.15 by Spain.<a href="#cite_note-Senior-100">[100]</a> The Spanish version was delivered from 22 November 1985 to July 1990.<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Milestones-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-Senior_p25-101">[101]</a> These fighters were upgraded to F-18A+/B+ standard, close to F/A-18C/D (plus version includes later mission and armament computers, databuses, data-storage set, new wiring, pylon modifications and software, new abilities as AN/AAS-38B NITE Hawk targeting FLIR pods). In 1995 Spain obtained 24 ex-USN F/A-18A Hornets, with six more on option. These were delivered from December 1995 until December 1998.<a href="#cite_note-Senior_p27-102">[102]</a> Before delivery, they were modified to EF-18A+ standard.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p93-103">[103]</a> This was the first sale of USN surplus Hornets. Spanish Hornets operate as an all-weather interceptor 60% of the time and as an all-weather day/night attack aircraft for the remainder. In case of war, each of the frontline squadrons would take a primary role: 121 is tasked with tactical air support and maritime operations; 151 and 122 are assigned to all-weather interception and air combat roles; and 152 is assigned the <a href="/wiki/Suppression_of_Enemy_Air_Defenses" title="Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses">Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses</a> (SEAD) mission. Air refueling is provided by KC-130Hs and Boeing 707TTs. Pilot conversion to EF-18 is centralized in 153 Squadron (Ala 15). Squadron 462's role is air defense of the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>, being responsible for fighter and attack missions from Gando AB. Spanish Air Force EF-18 Hornets have flown Ground Attack, SEAD, combat air patrol (CAP) combat missions in Bosnia and Kosovo, under NATO command, in Aviano detachment (Italy). They shared the base with Canadian and USMC F/A-18s. Six Spanish Hornets had been lost in accidents by 2003.<a href="#cite_note-Senior-100">[100]</a> On 25 May 1995, while taking part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Deny_Flight" title="Operation Deny Flight">Operation Deny Flight</a>, Spanish EF-18s armed with laser-guided bombs and supported by US F-16s <a href="/wiki/1995_Pale_air_strikes" title="1995 Pale air strikes">destroyed an ammunition depot at Pale</a>, a Bosnian Serb stronghold in the outskirts of Sarajevo.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> Over Yugoslavia, eight EF-18s, based at Aviano AB, participated in bombing raids in <a href="/wiki/1999_NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia">Operation Allied Force</a> in 1999, being among the first planes to strike Yugoslav targets. Over Bosnia, they also performed missions for air-to-air combat air patrol, close air support air-to-ground, photo reconnaissance, forward air controller-airborne, and tactical air controller-airborne. Over Libya, four Spanish Hornets participated in enforcing a no-fly zone.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Switzerland">Switzerland</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Switzerland">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:X-5099_in_Meiringen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/X-5099_in_Meiringen.jpg/220px-X-5099_in_Meiringen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/X-5099_in_Meiringen.jpg/330px-X-5099_in_Meiringen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/X-5099_in_Meiringen.jpg/440px-X-5099_in_Meiringen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2248" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Wolf_F/A-18C_simulator" title="Hugo Wolf F/A-18C simulator">Hugo Wolf F/A-18C full-scale training simulator</a>, X-5099</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Air_Force" title="Swiss Air Force">Swiss Air Force</a> purchased 26 C models and eight D models,<a href="#cite_note-Senior-100">[100]</a> they were delivered from January 1996 to December 1999.<a href="#cite_note-Senior_p37-106">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Milestones-19">[19]</a> Three D models and one C model<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> had been lost in crashes as of 2016.<a href="#cite_note-www.lw.admin.ch/-108">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> On 14 October 2015, an F/A-18D crashed in France during training with two Swiss Air Force <a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">Northrop F-5s</a> in the Swiss/French training area EURAC25; the pilot ejected safely.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> During late 2007, Switzerland requested to be included in the F/A-18C/D Upgrade 25 Program, to extend the useful life of its F/A-18C/Ds. The program includes significant upgrades to the avionics and mission computer, 12 ATFLIR surveillance and targeting pods, and 44 sets of <a href="/wiki/AN/ALR-67" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/ALR-67">AN/ALR-67v</a>3 ECM equipment. In October 2008, the Swiss Hornet fleet reached the 50,000 flight hour milestone.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Swiss_Air_Force_Hornet_F.A-18C_at_RIAT_2019_arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Swiss_Air_Force_Hornet_F.A-18C_at_RIAT_2019_arp.jpg/220px-Swiss_Air_Force_Hornet_F.A-18C_at_RIAT_2019_arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Swiss_Air_Force_Hornet_F.A-18C_at_RIAT_2019_arp.jpg/330px-Swiss_Air_Force_Hornet_F.A-18C_at_RIAT_2019_arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Swiss_Air_Force_Hornet_F.A-18C_at_RIAT_2019_arp.jpg/440px-Swiss_Air_Force_Hornet_F.A-18C_at_RIAT_2019_arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2819" data-file-height="1951" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Air_Force" title="Swiss Air Force">Swiss Air Force</a> Hornet F/A-18C at <a href="/wiki/RIAT" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAT">RIAT</a> 2019</figcaption></figure> The Swiss Air Force has also taken delivery of two <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Wolf_F/A-18C_simulator" title="Hugo Wolf F/A-18C simulator">F/A-18C full-scale mock-ups</a> for use as ground crew interactive training simulators. Locally built by Hugo Wolf AG, they are externally accurate copies and have been registered as Boeing F/A-18C (Hugo Wolf) aircraft with <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">tail numbers</a> X-5098 and X-5099.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> These include a complex equipment fit, including many original cockpit components and instruments, allowing the simulation of fires, fuel leaks, nosewheel collapse and other emergency scenarios. X-5098 is permanently stationed at <a href="/wiki/Payerne_Air_Base" title="Payerne Air Base">Payerne Air Base</a> while X-5099, the first one built, is moved between air bases according to training demands.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Potential_operators">Potential operators</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Potential operators">edit</a>]</div> The F/A-18C and F/A-18D were considered by the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a> (Marine Nationale) during the 1980s for deployment on their aircraft carriers <a href="/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Clemenceau_(R98)" class="mw-redirect" title="French aircraft carrier Clemenceau (R98)">Clemenceau</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Foch_(R99)" class="mw-redirect" title="French aircraft carrier Foch (R99)">Foch</a><a href="#cite_note-mig_master-115">[115]</a> and again in the 1990s for the later nuclear-powered <a href="/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Charles_de_Gaulle_(R91)" class="mw-redirect" title="French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91)">Charles de Gaulle</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Donald_p122-116">[116]</a> in the event that the <a href="/wiki/Dassault_Rafale" title="Dassault Rafale">Dassault Rafale M</a> was not brought into service when originally planned. <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>,<a href="#cite_note-mdc_phili-117">[117]</a> <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-26">[26]</a> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>,<a href="#cite_note-mdc_phili-117">[117]</a> <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>,<a href="#cite_note-mdc_phili-117">[117]</a> <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>,<a href="#cite_note-mdc_phili-117">[117]</a> <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>,<a href="#cite_note-mdc_phili-117">[117]</a> and Singapore<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-26">[26]</a> evaluated the Hornet but did not purchase it. <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> ordered four C and four D model Hornets but the <a href="/wiki/1997_Asian_financial_crisis#Thailand" title="1997 Asian financial crisis">Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s</a> resulted in the order being canceled. The Hornets were completed as F/A-18Ds for the U.S. Marine Corps.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-26">[26]</a> The F/A-18A and F-18L land-based version competed for a fighter contract from Greece in the 1980s.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> The Greek government chose F-16 and <a href="/wiki/Mirage_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirage 2000">Mirage 2000</a> instead. In June 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Financial_Review" title="Australian Financial Review">Financial Review</a> reported that Australia, the United States and Ukraine were negotiating the supply of 41 Australian F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Force" title="Ukrainian Air Force">Ukrainian Air Force</a>.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> A further update was issued in December 2023, that the U.S. have continued talks with the Australian government and have begun exploring the option of providing aging jets and parts from the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish Air Force</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] During December 2023 Ukraine asked the US, according to documents viewed by <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, for F/A-18 Hornets. The Ukrainian ambassador to Australia is expected to again request surplus Hornets. A report found that 14 of the 41 airframes were airworthy and another two years flying could be "squeezed" from them.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> As of July 2024, Malaysia intends to acquire Kuwaiti legacy F/A-18s as the Kuwaiti Air Force replaces their Hornets with newer Super Hornet and <a href="/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon" title="Eurofighter Typhoon">Eurofighter Typhoon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Variants">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="F/A-18A/B_Hornet">F/A-18A/B Hornet</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: F/A-18A/B Hornet">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_050803-N-0295M-148_An_F-A-18B_Hornet,_assigned_to_the_U.S._Naval_Test_Pilot_School,_folds-up_its_landing_gear_after_taking_off_for_a_training_flight_from_Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River,_Md.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/US_Navy_050803-N-0295M-148_An_F-A-18B_Hornet%2C_assigned_to_the_U.S._Naval_Test_Pilot_School%2C_folds-up_its_landing_gear_after_taking_off_for_a_training_flight_from_Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River%2C_Md.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/US_Navy_050803-N-0295M-148_An_F-A-18B_Hornet%2C_assigned_to_the_U.S._Naval_Test_Pilot_School%2C_folds-up_its_landing_gear_after_taking_off_for_a_training_flight_from_Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River%2C_Md.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/US_Navy_050803-N-0295M-148_An_F-A-18B_Hornet%2C_assigned_to_the_U.S._Naval_Test_Pilot_School%2C_folds-up_its_landing_gear_after_taking_off_for_a_training_flight_from_Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River%2C_Md.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5120" data-file-height="3391" /></a><figcaption>An F/A-18B Hornet assigned to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School</figcaption></figure> The F/A-18A, single-seat variant, can employ the <a href="/wiki/Harpoon_(missile)" title="Harpoon (missile)">AGM-84 Harpoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65E Maverick</a>,<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <a href="/wiki/AGM-88_HARM" title="AGM-88 HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a> and the <a href="/wiki/AGM-62_Walleye" title="AGM-62 Walleye">AGM-62 Walleye I/II</a>.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> The F/A-18A was also equipped with the <a href="/wiki/AN/AAS-38" title="AN/AAS-38">AN/AAS-38 Nite Hawk</a> targeting pod and the <a href="/wiki/AN/AAS-38" title="AN/AAS-38">AN/ASQ-173</a> laser spot tracker for targeting.<a href="#cite_note-:3-127">[127]</a> During the Gulf War, there were limited numbers of the Nite hawk for USN and USMC Hornets.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> The F/A-18B has space for the two-seat cockpit, provided by a relocation of avionics equipment and a 6% reduction in internal fuel. Two-seat Hornets are otherwise fully combat-capable. The B-model is used primarily for training. In 1992, the original <a href="/wiki/Hughes_Aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Hughes Aircraft">Hughes</a> <a href="/wiki/AN/APG-65" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/APG-65">AN/APG-65</a> radar was replaced with the Hughes (now <a href="/wiki/Raytheon" title="Raytheon">Raytheon</a>) <a href="/wiki/AN/APG-73" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/APG-73">AN/APG-73</a>, a faster and more capable radar. A-model Hornets that have been upgraded to the AN/APG-73 and are capable of carrying the <a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a> are designated F/A-18A+. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="F/A-18C/D_Hornet">F/A-18C/D Hornet</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: F/A-18C/D Hornet">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:210219-N-JX182-1149.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/210219-N-JX182-1149.jpg/220px-210219-N-JX182-1149.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/210219-N-JX182-1149.jpg/330px-210219-N-JX182-1149.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/210219-N-JX182-1149.jpg/440px-210219-N-JX182-1149.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4972" data-file-height="2028" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C of <a href="/wiki/VMFA-323" title="VMFA-323">VMFA-323</a>, launches off the flight deck of the <a href="/wiki/USS_Nimitz" title="USS Nimitz">USS Nimitz</a> in 2021.</figcaption></figure> The F/A-18C and D models are the result of a block upgrade in 1987<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Milestones-19">[19]</a> incorporating upgraded radar, avionics, and the capacity to carry new missiles such as the <a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a> air-to-air missile<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a> and later on the <a href="/wiki/AGM-84E_Standoff_Land_Attack_Missile" title="AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile">AGM-84E SLAM</a> as well as the IR version of the AGM-65 (AGM-65F).<a href="#cite_note-:4-129">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-:3-127">[127]</a> Other upgrades include the <a href="/wiki/Martin-Baker" title="Martin-Baker">Martin-Baker</a> NACES (Navy Aircrew Common <a href="/wiki/Ejection_seat" title="Ejection seat">ejection seat</a>), and a self-protection jammer. A <a href="/wiki/Synthetic_aperture_radar" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthetic aperture radar">synthetic aperture ground mapping radar</a> enables the pilot to locate targets in poor visibility conditions. C and D models delivered since 1989 also have improved night attack abilities, consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Hughes_Aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Hughes Aircraft">Hughes</a> AN/AAR-50 thermal navigation pod, AN/AAS-38A NITE Hawk <a href="/wiki/FLIR" class="mw-redirect" title="FLIR">FLIR</a> (forward looking infrared array) targeting pod, night vision goggles, and two full-color (formerly monochrome) <a href="/wiki/Multi-function_display" title="Multi-function display">multi-function display</a> (MFDs) and a color moving map.<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a> The F/A-18C is the single-seat variant and the F/A-18D is the two-seat variant. The D-model can be configured for training or as an all-weather strike craft. The "missionized" D model's rear seat is configured for a Marine Corps <a href="/wiki/Naval_flight_officer" title="Naval flight officer">naval flight officer</a> who functions as a Weapons and Sensors Officer to assist in operating the weapons systems. The F/A-18D is primarily operated by the U.S. Marine Corps in the night attack and <a href="/wiki/Forward_air_control" title="Forward air control">Forward Air Controller</a> (Airborne) (FAC(A)) roles.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p64-130">[130]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:160918-M-QA203-0005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/160918-M-QA203-0005.jpg/220px-160918-M-QA203-0005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/160918-M-QA203-0005.jpg/330px-160918-M-QA203-0005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/160918-M-QA203-0005.jpg/440px-160918-M-QA203-0005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2430" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Marines perform maintenance on an F/A-18D of <a href="/wiki/VMFA-242" title="VMFA-242">VMFA-242</a> at <a href="/wiki/Andersen_Air_Force_Base" title="Andersen Air Force Base">Andersen Air Force Base</a>.</figcaption></figure> Sixty D-model Hornets are configured as the night attack F/A-18D (RC) with ability for reconnaissance.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p64-130">[130]</a> These could be outfitted with the <a href="/wiki/ATARS" class="mw-redirect" title="ATARS">ATARS</a> electro-optical sensor package that includes a sensor pod and equipment mounted in the place of the M61 cannon.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p66-131">[131]</a> Beginning in 1992, the F404-GE-402 enhanced performance engine, providing approximately 10% more maximum static thrust became the standard Hornet engine.<a href="#cite_note-Warplanes-132">[132]</a> Since 1993, the AAS-38A NITE Hawk added a designator/ranger laser, allowing it to self-mark targets. The later AAS-38B added the ability to strike targets designated by lasers from other aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p61-133">[133]</a> Production of the C- and D- models ended in 2000. The last F/A-18C was assembled in Finland and delivered to the Finnish Air Force in August 2000.<a href="#cite_note-Senior_p33-79">[79]</a> The last F/A-18D was delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps in August 2000.<a href="#cite_note-Senior_p37-106">[106]</a> The U.S. Navy retired its F/A-18C/D in February 2019.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> However, the USMC still retains theirs, and is in the process of upgrading their radar to APG-79(V)4 <a href="/wiki/Active_Electronically_Scanned_Array" class="mw-redirect" title="Active Electronically Scanned Array">Active Electronically Scanned Array</a> (AESA) radar system. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet">F/A-18E/F Super Hornet</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg/220px-FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg/330px-FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg/440px-FA-18F-USN-RedRippers-20070406.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1569" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/VFA-11" title="VFA-11">VFA-11</a> F/A-18F Super Hornet performing evasive maneuvers during an air power demonstration above <a href="/wiki/USS_Harry_S._Truman" title="USS Harry S. Truman">USS Harry S. Truman</a></figcaption></figure> The single-seat F/A-18E and two-seat F/A-18F, both officially named Super Hornet, carry over the name and design concept of the original F/A-18 but have been extensively redesigned by McDonnell Douglas. The Super Hornet, which began production in 1995, has a new, 25% larger airframe, larger rectangular air intakes, more powerful <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_F414" title="General Electric F414">GE F414</a> engines based on F/A-18's F404, and an upgraded avionics suite. Like the Marine Corps' F/A-18D, the Navy's F/A-18F carries a <a href="/wiki/Naval_flight_officer" title="Naval flight officer">naval flight officer</a> as a second crew member in a weapon systems officer (WSO) role. The Super Hornet is unofficially known as "Rhino" in operational use. This name was chosen to distinguish the newer variants from the legacy F-18A/B/C/D Hornet and avoid confusion during carrier deck operations.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> The Super Hornet is also operated by Australia and Kuwait. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="EA-18G_Growler">EA-18G Growler</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: EA-18G Growler">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Boeing_EA-18G_Growler" title="Boeing EA-18G Growler">Boeing EA-18G Growler</a></div> The EA-18G Growler is an electronic warfare version of the two-seat F/A-18F, which entered production in 2007. The Growler has replaced the Navy's <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler">EA-6B Prowler</a> and carries a Naval Flight Officer as a second crewman in an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) role. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="US_variants_list">US variants list</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: US variants list">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>F/A-18A</dt> <dd>Original single-seat version, can carry the AGM-84 ASM, AGM-62 Walleye, AGM-88 HARM and the TV guided versions AGM-65 Maverick.<a href="#cite_note-:3-127">[127]</a></dd> <dt>F/A-18B</dt> <dd>Two-seat version of the F/A-18A, combat capable but mainly used for training.<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a></dd> <dt>F/A-18C</dt> <dd>Improved version of the F/A-18A, can carry the AIM-120 AMRAAM, AGM-84E SLAM and the IR guided versions AGM-65 Maverick.<a href="#cite_note-:3-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-129">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a></dd> <dt>F/A-18D</dt> <dd>Two-seat version of the F/A-18C, used only by USMC.<a href="#cite_note-FedAmSci-9">[9]</a></dd> <dt>F-18(R)</dt> <dd>This was a proposed reconnaissance version of the F/A-18A. It included a sensor package that replaced the 20 mm cannon. The first of two prototypes flew in August 1984. Small numbers were produced.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p66-131">[131]</a></dd> <dt>RF-18D</dt> <dd>Proposed two-seat reconnaissance version for the U.S. Marine Corps in the mid-1980s. It was to carry a radar reconnaissance pod. The system was canceled after it was unfunded in 1988. This ability was later realized on the F/A-18D(RC).<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p66-131">[131]</a></dd> <dt>TF-18A</dt> <dd>Two-seat training version of the F/A-18A fighter, later redesignated F/A-18B.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p19-3">[3]</a></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-A-18_X_53_NASA.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/F-A-18_X_53_NASA.png/220px-F-A-18_X_53_NASA.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/F-A-18_X_53_NASA.png/330px-F-A-18_X_53_NASA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/F-A-18_X_53_NASA.png/440px-F-A-18_X_53_NASA.png 2x" data-file-width="2934" data-file-height="2328" /></a><figcaption>X-53, <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s modified F/A-18</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>F-18 HARV</dt> <dd>Single-seat <a href="/wiki/High_Alpha_Research_Vehicle" title="High Alpha Research Vehicle">High Alpha Research Vehicle</a> for NASA.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p49-138">[138]</a> High angles of attack using thrust vectoring, modifications to the flight controls, and forebody strakes</dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-53_Active_Aeroelastic_Wing" title="Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing">X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing</a></dt> <dd>A NASA F/A-18 has been modified to demonstrate the Active Aeroelastic Wing technology, and was designated X-53 in December 2006.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Export_variants">Export variants</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Export variants">edit</a>]</div> These designations are not part of <a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system" title="1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system">1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system</a>. <dl><dt>F-18L</dt> <dd>A proposed land-based export version of the single-seat F-18A with <a href="/wiki/Air-superiority_fighter" class="mw-redirect" title="Air-superiority fighter">air-superiority</a> and <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">attack</a> capabilities. This variant was to be lightened by the removal of carrier landing capability and assembled by <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a>. Customers preferred the standard Hornet and the F-18L never entered mass production.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-26">[26]</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>(A)F/A-18A/B</dt></dl> <ul><li>(A)F/A-18A: Single-seat fighter/attack version for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a>.</li> <li>(A)F/A-18B: Two-seat training version for the Royal Australian Air Force.</li></ul> <dl><dd>"F/A-18A" was the original company designation, designations of "AF-18A" & "ATF-18A" have also been applied. Assembled in Australia (excluding the first two (A)F/A-18Bs) by Aero-Space Technologies of Australia (ASTA) from 1985 through to 1990, from kits produced by McDonnell Douglas with increasing local content in the later aircraft. Originally the most notable differences between an Australian (A)F/A-18A/B and a US F/A-18A/B were the lack of a <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">catapult attachment</a>, replacing the carrier <a href="/wiki/Tailhook" title="Tailhook">tailhook</a> with a lighter land arresting hook, and the automatic carrier landing system with an <a href="/wiki/Instrument_Landing_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrument Landing System">Instrument Landing System</a>. Australian Hornets have been involved in several major upgrade programs. This program called HUG (Hornet Upgrade) has had a few evolutions over the years. The first was to give Australian Hornets F/A-18C model avionics. The second and current upgrade program (HUG 2.2) updates the fleet's avionics even further. By 2021 12 (A)F/A-18A and 6 (A)F/A-18B (and an additional 7 broken down (A)F/A-18 for spare parts) were sold to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a>.<a href="#cite_note-adbr.com.au-66">[66]</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_CF-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet">CF-188</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>CF-188A: Single-seat fighter/attack version for the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Canadian Armed Forces</a> (CAF)/<a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> (RCAF). Unofficially referred to as the CF-18A Hornet.</li> <li>CF-188B: Two-seat training and combat version for the CAF/RCAF. Unofficially referred to as the CF-18B Hornet.</li></ul> <dl><dt>EF-18 Hornet</dt></dl> <ul><li>EF-18A: Single-seat fighter/attack version for the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Spanish Air and Space Force">Spanish Air and Space Force</a>, the E is for España (Spain in Spanish). The Spanish Air and Space Force designation is C.15, the C being for Caza (fighter aircraft in Spanish, lit. hunt). They were first upgraded to the EF-18A+ version in 1992, this included the pylons in the F/A-18C standard. The Spanish Air a Force did not acquire licenses, but locally developed upgrades. From 2004 to 2013 they were locally upgraded by <a href="/wiki/EADS_CASA" class="mw-redirect" title="EADS CASA">EADS CASA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indra_Sistemas" title="Indra Sistemas">Indra Sistemas</a> in the Mid-life Upgrade (MLU) program, with better avionics, data buses, TPAC, data presentation (similar to the F/A-18C Hornet), navigation, communications (radios), software and ECM suit. The <a href="/wiki/AN/APG-65" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/APG-65">AN/APG-65</a> radar was upgraded to the V3 version and the aircraft also received the AL-400 Radar Warning Receiver and the ASQ-600 emission detector and were certified to operate with <a href="/wiki/Iris-T" class="mw-redirect" title="Iris-T">Iris-T</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=GBU-48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GBU-48 (page does not exist)">GBU-48</a> and <a href="/wiki/KEPD_350" class="mw-redirect" title="KEPD 350">Taurus</a>. This also included a thorough structural and engine revision and overhaul, and a new paint job for a few units. This version is locally known as EF-18MLU/C.15M.</li> <li>EF-18B: Two-seat training version for the Spanish Air and Space Force. The Spanish Air and Space Force designation is CE.15. The E is for Entrenamiento, meaning training in Spanish. They were first upgraded to the EF-18B+ version in 1992.</li></ul> <dl><dt>KAF-18 Hornet</dt></dl> <ul><li>KAF-18C: Single-seat fighter/attack version for the <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Air_Force" title="Kuwait Air Force">Kuwait Air Force</a><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p93-4-91">[91]</a></li> <li>KAF-18D: Two-seat training version for the Kuwait Air Force<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p93-4-91">[91]</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fa-18c.hornet.j5003.swissaf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Fa-18c.hornet.j5003.swissaf.jpg/220px-Fa-18c.hornet.j5003.swissaf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Fa-18c.hornet.j5003.swissaf.jpg/330px-Fa-18c.hornet.j5003.swissaf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Fa-18c.hornet.j5003.swissaf.jpg/440px-Fa-18c.hornet.j5003.swissaf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2520" data-file-height="1773" /></a><figcaption>F/A-18C of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Air_Force" title="Swiss Air Force">Swiss Air Force</a> taxis for takeoff</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>F-18C/D Hornet</dt></dl> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish Air Force</a> uses F/A-18C/D Hornets, with a Finland-specific mid-life update. The first seven Hornets (D models) were produced by McDonnell Douglas.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p100-1-80">[80]</a> The 57 single-seat F-18C model units were assembled by <a href="/wiki/Patria_(company)" title="Patria (company)">Patria</a> in Finland.<a href="#cite_note-Karivalo-139">[139]</a> These variants were delivered without air-to-ground capability so the letter A was dropped from the name.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> The Mid-Life Upgrade 2 (MLU 2) performed from 2012 to 2016 provided Finnish hornets with air-to-ground mission capability, allowing it to deploy air-to-ground weapons such as <a href="/wiki/JDAM" class="mw-redirect" title="JDAM">JDAMs</a>, <a href="/wiki/JSOW" class="mw-redirect" title="JSOW">JSOWs</a> and <a href="/wiki/JASSM" class="mw-redirect" title="JASSM">JASSMs</a>, alongside avionics and air-to-air missile upgrades. Official Finnish sources now also use the F/A-18C/D designation.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>F-18C/D Hornet</dt></dl> <ul><li>Switzerland uses F-18C/D,<a href="#cite_note-Nicholls-143">[143]</a> later Swiss specific mid-life update. The Swiss F-18s had no ground attack capability originally, until hardware was retrofitted.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Operators">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For operators of F/A-18E and F Super Hornets and its export variants, see <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet#Operators" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet § Operators</a>.</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hornet_operators.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Hornet_operators.png/300px-Hornet_operators.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Hornet_operators.png/450px-Hornet_operators.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Hornet_operators.png/600px-Hornet_operators.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="625" /></a><figcaption>F/A-18 operators are in blue</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> (see <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_CF-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet">McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet</a>) <ul><li>86 (63 CF-18A & 23 CF-18B) aircraft in use as of 2021.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /> <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish Air Force</a> - 55 F-18Cs and 7 F-18Ds in use as of 2021.<a href="#cite_note-mlu2-145">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karelian_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Karelian Air Command">Karelian Air Command</a> (<a href="/wiki/No._31_Squadron,_Finnish_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 31 Squadron, Finnish Air Force">No. 31 Squadron</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapland_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Lapland Air Command">Lapland Air Command</a> (<a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_(Finland)" title="No. 11 Squadron (Finland)">No. 11 Squadron</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satakunta_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Satakunta Air Command">Satakunta Air Command</a> (<a href="/wiki/No._21_Squadron,_Finnish_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 21 Squadron, Finnish Air Force">No. 21 Squadron</a> (disbanded June 2014)<a href="#cite_note-Finnish_Air_Force-147">[147]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Air_Force" title="Kuwait Air Force">Kuwait Air Force</a> - 31 F/A-18Cs and 8 F/A-18Ds in service as of November 2008<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit">[update]</a><a href="#cite_note-FI_AirForces_2008-148">[148]</a> Only 34 (27 F/A-18C & 7 F/A-18D) aircraft remain in use as of 2021.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> <ul><li>9th Fighter and Attack Squadron<a href="#cite_note-Kuwait_OOB_Scramble-150">[150]</a></li> <li>25th Fighter and Attack Squadron<a href="#cite_note-Kuwait_OOB_Scramble-150">[150]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RMAF-USAF_Cope_Taufan_2012_(120404-F-LX290-020).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/RMAF-USAF_Cope_Taufan_2012_%28120404-F-LX290-020%29.jpg/220px-RMAF-USAF_Cope_Taufan_2012_%28120404-F-LX290-020%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/RMAF-USAF_Cope_Taufan_2012_%28120404-F-LX290-020%29.jpg/330px-RMAF-USAF_Cope_Taufan_2012_%28120404-F-LX290-020%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/RMAF-USAF_Cope_Taufan_2012_%28120404-F-LX290-020%29.jpg/440px-RMAF-USAF_Cope_Taufan_2012_%28120404-F-LX290-020%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Royal Malaysian Air Force F/A-18D Hornet during Cope Taufan 2012</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="986" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force" title="Royal Malaysian Air Force">Royal Malaysian Air Force</a> - 8 F/A-18Ds in operation as of 2021<a href="#cite_note-FI_AirForces_2008-148">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> <ul><li>No. 18 Squadron, <a href="/wiki/RMAF_Butterworth" class="mw-redirect" title="RMAF Butterworth">RMAF Butterworth</a> air base.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Spanish Air and Space Force">Spanish Air and Space Force</a> - 85 F/A-18A+/B+ in service.<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> Only 84 (72 EF-18M and F/A-18C & 12 EF-18BM) aircraft remain in use as of 2021.<a href="#cite_note-World_Aircraft_Directory_2021_p.30-154">[154]</a> <ul><li>Ala de Caza 15 (15th Fighter Wing) Zaragoza AB, (151, 152 and 153 Squadrons)</li> <li>Ala de Caza 12, Torrejón AB (121 and 122 Squadrons)</li> <li>Ala 46, Gando AB (Canary Islands), with Squadron 462 operating 20 ex-U.S. Navy F/A-18As. They did not receive any important upgrades, unlike the Hornets operating from the Spanish mainland.<a href="#cite_note-Yanez_p23-155">[155]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Air_Force" title="Swiss Air Force">Swiss Air Force</a> - 25 F/A-18Cs and 5 F/A-18Ds in service as of 2021.<a href="#cite_note-nzz.ch-156">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-World_Aircraft_Directory_2021_p.30-154">[154]</a> <ul><li>Fliegerstaffel 11<a href="#cite_note-Swiss_OOB_Scramble-158">[158]</a></li> <li>Fliegerstaffel 17<a href="#cite_note-Swiss_OOB_Scramble-158">[158]</a></li> <li>Fliegerstaffel 18<a href="#cite_note-Swiss_OOB_Scramble-158">[158]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv/220px--FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="53" data-mwtitle="FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora"" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="192" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv/FA-18_Automated_Aerial_Refueling.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video><figcaption>NASA video of an F/A-18A <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">aerial refueling</a> operation, documenting behavior of the drogue basket, 2002.</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Aviation</a><a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> 186 F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornets in operation as of 2023 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-112" title="VMFA-112">VMFA-112</a> 1992–present (Marine Air Reserve)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-232" title="VMFA-232">VMFA-232</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-160">[160]</a> 1989–present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-312" title="VMFA-312">VMFA-312</a> 1987–present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-323" title="VMFA-323">VMFA-323</a> 1982–present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA(AW)-224" title="VMFA(AW)-224">VMFA(AW)-224</a> 1993–present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MAWTS-1" class="mw-redirect" title="MAWTS-1">MAWTS-1</a> 1990–present</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center" title="Armstrong Flight Research Center">Armstrong Flight Research Center</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Dryden_Flight_Research_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Dryden Flight Research Center">Dryden Flight Research Center</a>) – 3 F/A-18s in use<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_operators">Former operators</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Former operators">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RAAF">No. 3 Squadron RAAF</a> 1985–2017 (converted to F-35A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 75 Squadron RAAF">No. 75 Squadron RAAF</a> 1988–2021 (converted to F-35A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAAF">No. 77 Squadron RAAF</a> 1985–2020 (converted to F-35A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit RAAF">No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit RAAF</a> 1985-2019 (converted to F-35A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_Research_and_Development_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft Research and Development Unit">Aircraft Research and Development Unit</a></li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F18_on_CdG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/F18_on_CdG.jpg/220px-F18_on_CdG.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/F18_on_CdG.jpg/330px-F18_on_CdG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/F18_on_CdG.jpg/440px-F18_on_CdG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="392" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Navy F/A-18C from <a href="/wiki/VFA-131" title="VFA-131">VFA-131</a> launches from French aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_(R_91)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles de Gaulle (R 91)">Charles de Gaulle</a> off the Virginia Capes.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F18Afamilyweb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/F18Afamilyweb.jpg/220px-F18Afamilyweb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/F18Afamilyweb.jpg/330px-F18Afamilyweb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/F18Afamilyweb.jpg/440px-F18Afamilyweb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1896" /></a><figcaption>F/A-18A Hornets in various color schemes</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F18Bfamilyweb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/F18Bfamilyweb.jpg/220px-F18Bfamilyweb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/F18Bfamilyweb.jpg/330px-F18Bfamilyweb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/F18Bfamilyweb.jpg/440px-F18Bfamilyweb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1896" /></a><figcaption>F/A-18B Hornets in various color schemes</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">United States Marine Corps</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-115" title="VMFA-115">VMFA-115</a> 1985–2023 (to convert to F-35C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-122" title="VMFA-122">VMFA-122</a> 1986–2017 (converted to F-35B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-134" title="VMFA-134">VMFA-134</a> 1989–2007 (Marine Corps Reserve; placed in cadre status)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-142" title="VMFA-142">VMFA-142</a> 1990–2008 (Marine Corps Reserve; placed in cadre status)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-212" title="VMFA-212">VMFA-212</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-160">[160]</a> 1988–2008 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-235" title="VMFA-235">VMFA-235</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-160">[160]</a> 1989–1996 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-251" title="VMFA-251">VMFA-251</a> 1987–2020<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> (to convert to F-35C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-314" title="VMFA-314">VMFA-314</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-160">[160]</a> 1982–2019 (converted to F-35C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-321" title="VMFA-321">VMFA-321</a> 1991–2004 (Marine Corps Reserve; disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-333" title="VMFA-333">VMFA-333</a> 1987–1992 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-451" class="mw-redirect" title="VMFA-451">VMFA-451</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-160">[160]</a> 1987–1997 (re-designated to VMFAT-501 April 2010, converted to F-35B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA-531" title="VMFA-531">VMFA-531</a> 1984–1992 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA(AW)-121" class="mw-redirect" title="VMFA(AW)-121">VMFA(AW)-121</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-160">[160]</a> 1989–2012 (converted to F-35B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA(AW)-225" class="mw-redirect" title="VMFA(AW)-225">VMFA(AW)-225</a> 1991–2020 (converted to F-35B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA(AW)-242" class="mw-redirect" title="VMFA(AW)-242">VMFA(AW)-242</a> 1991–2020 (converted to F-35B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA(AW)-332" title="VMFA(AW)-332">VMFA(AW)-332</a> 1993–2007 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFA(AW)-533" class="mw-redirect" title="VMFA(AW)-533">VMFA(AW)-533</a> 1992–2023 (converted to F-35B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VMFAT-101" title="VMFAT-101">VMFAT-101</a> 1987–2023 (disestablished)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a><a href="#cite_note-USN_retirement-52">[52]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VFC-12" title="VFC-12">VFC-12</a> 1990–2021 (Naval Air Reserve Force)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-15" title="VFA-15">VFA-15</a> 1986–2017 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-22" title="VFA-22">VFA-22</a> 1990–2004 (initially converted to <a href="/wiki/F/A-18E_Super_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18E Super Hornet">F/A-18E Super Hornet</a>, 2004–2007; subsequently converted to F/A-18F Super Hornet, 2007–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-25" title="VFA-25">VFA-25</a> 1984–2013 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-27" title="VFA-27">VFA-27</a> 1991–2004 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-34" title="VFA-34">VFA-34</a> 1996–2019 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-37" title="VFA-37">VFA-37</a> 1990–2018 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-81" title="VFA-81">VFA-81</a> 1988–2008 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-82" title="VFA-82">VFA-82</a> 1987–2005 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-83" title="VFA-83">VFA-83</a> 1988–2018 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-86" title="VFA-86">VFA-86</a> 1987–2012 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet, but in the process of converting to the F-35C Lightning II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-87" title="VFA-87">VFA-87</a> 1986–2015 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-94" title="VFA-94">VFA-94</a> 1990–2016 (initially converted to F/A-18F Super Hornet, 2016–2023; subsequently converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet, 2023–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-97" title="VFA-97">VFA-97</a> 1991–2015 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet, but currently operating the <a href="/wiki/F-35C_Lightning_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35C Lightning II">F-35C Lightning II</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-105" title="VFA-105">VFA-105</a> 1990–2006 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-106" title="VFA-106">VFA-106</a> 1984–2018 (fleet replacement squadron for USN and USMC; operates F/A-18E/F; legacy F/A-18A/A+/B/C/D Hornets phased out in 2018. Converted to F-35C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-113" title="VFA-113">VFA-113</a> 1984–2016 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-115" title="VFA-115">VFA-115</a> 1996–2001 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet, but will soon switch to the F-35C Lightning II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-122" title="VFA-122">VFA-122</a> 2010–2013 (fleet replacement squadron for F/A-18E/F; legacy F/A-18A/A+/B/C/D Hornets phased out in 2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-125" title="VFA-125">VFA-125</a> 1980–2010 (disestablished, former fleet replacement squadron for USN and USMC; aircraft transferred to VFA-122 and legacy F/A-18A/A+/B/C/D Hornets phased out in 2013. Currently F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-127" title="VFA-127">VFA-127</a> 1989–1996 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-131" title="VFA-131">VFA-131</a> 1984–2018 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-132" title="VFA-132">VFA-132</a> 1984–1992 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-136" title="VFA-136">VFA-136</a> 1985–2008 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-137" title="VFA-137">VFA-137</a> 1985–2003 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-146" title="VFA-146">VFA-146</a> 1989–2015 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-147" title="VFA-147">VFA-147</a> 1989–2007 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet, but currently operating the <a href="/wiki/F-35C_Lightning_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35C Lightning II">F-35C Lightning II</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-151" title="VFA-151">VFA-151</a> 1986–2013 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-161" title="VFA-161">VFA-161</a> 1986–1988 (disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-192" title="VFA-192">VFA-192</a> 1986–2014 (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-195" title="VFA-195">VFA-195</a> 1985–2011 (converted to the F/A-18E Super Hornet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-201" title="VFA-201">VFA-201</a> 1999–2007 (Naval Air Reserve Force; disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-203" title="VFA-203">VFA-203</a> 1990–2004 (Naval Air Reserve Force; disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-204" class="mw-redirect" title="VFA-204">VFA-204</a> 1990–2022 (Naval Air Reserve Force; converted to F-5N/F Tiger II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-303" title="VFA-303">VFA-303</a> 1990–1994 (Naval Air Reserve Force; disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-305" title="VFA-305">VFA-305</a> 1990–1994 (Naval Air Reserve Force; disestablished)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VX-4" title="VX-4">VX-4</a> 1982–1994 (merged with VX-5 in 1994 to form VX-9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VX-9" title="VX-9">VX-5</a> 1983–1994 (merged with VX-4 in 1994 to form VX-9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VX-9" title="VX-9">VX-9</a> 1994–2020 (legacy hornets phased out in 2020; currently operate F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G aircraft)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VX-23" title="VX-23">VX-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VX-31" title="VX-31">VX-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Strike_and_Air_Warfare_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center">Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center</a> / Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_on_display">Aircraft on display</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Aircraft on display">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>YF-18A</dt></dl> <ul><li>160775 – U.S. <a href="/wiki/Naval_Museum_of_Armament_%26_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Museum of Armament & Technology">Naval Museum of Armament & Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/NAWS_China_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="NAWS China Lake">NAWS China Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] This is the first F/A-18A built in 1978. Aircraft was recently restored in the same livery after being built. Aircraft was moved off base for better public viewing.<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a></li> <li>160780 – <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Air_and_Space_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Air and Space Center">Virginia Air and Space Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton, Virginia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>F/A-18A</dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FA-18_Hornet_Pax_River_Museum-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/FA-18_Hornet_Pax_River_Museum-1.jpg/220px-FA-18_Hornet_Pax_River_Museum-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/FA-18_Hornet_Pax_River_Museum-1.jpg/330px-FA-18_Hornet_Pax_River_Museum-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/FA-18_Hornet_Pax_River_Museum-1.jpg/440px-FA-18_Hornet_Pax_River_Museum-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4845" data-file-height="2128" /></a><figcaption>An F/A-18A Hornet on display at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Zoo_December_2019_007_(McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Air_Zoo_December_2019_007_%28McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet%29.jpg/220px-Air_Zoo_December_2019_007_%28McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Air_Zoo_December_2019_007_%28McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet%29.jpg/330px-Air_Zoo_December_2019_007_%28McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Air_Zoo_December_2019_007_%28McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet%29.jpg/440px-Air_Zoo_December_2019_007_%28McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18A_Hornet%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>F/A-18A on display at the <a href="/wiki/Air_Zoo" title="Air Zoo">Air Zoo</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>161353 – <a href="/wiki/Patuxent_River_Naval_Air_Museum" title="Patuxent River Naval Air Museum">Patuxent River Naval Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/NAS_Patuxent_River" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Patuxent River">NAS Patuxent River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Park,_Maryland" title="Lexington Park, Maryland">Lexington Park, Maryland</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>161366 – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Lemoore" title="Naval Air Station Lemoore">Naval Air Station Lemoore</a>, California, main gate.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a></li> <li>161367 – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Systems_Command" title="Naval Air Systems Command">Naval Air Systems Command</a> Headquarters Building, <a href="/wiki/NAS_Patuxent_River" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Patuxent River">NAS Patuxent River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Park,_Maryland" title="Lexington Park, Maryland">Lexington Park, Maryland</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>161712 – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_Fort_Worth" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth">Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a>, in <a href="/wiki/VMFA-112" title="VMFA-112">VMFA-112</a> markings.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>161725 – <a href="/wiki/California_Science_Center" title="California Science Center">California Science Center</a> museum, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.</li> <li>161726 – In Blue Angels markings, main gate, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_New_Orleans" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans">NAS JRB New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>161749 – <a href="/wiki/Flying_Leatherneck_Aviation_Museum" title="Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum">Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/MCAS_Miramar" class="mw-redirect" title="MCAS Miramar">MCAS Miramar</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-168">[168]</a></li> <li>161941 – In Blue Angels #1 markings, main gate, <a href="/wiki/NAS_Jacksonville" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Jacksonville">NAS Jacksonville</a> Heritage Park, <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>161942 – In Blue Angels #1 markings, <a href="/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-16)#USS_Lexington_Museum" title="USS Lexington (CV-16)">USS Lexington Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi, Texas</a>. On loan from the <a href="/wiki/National_Naval_Aviation_Museum" title="National Naval Aviation Museum">National Naval Aviation Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Pensacola" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Pensacola">NAS Pensacola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>.<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a></li> <li>161957 – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Warfare_Center_Training_Systems_Division" title="Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division">Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division</a> (NAWCTSD), Naval Support Activity Orlando, Florida.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> This aircraft was relocated from <a href="/wiki/NAS_Atlanta" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Atlanta">NAS Atlanta</a>, Georgia, following that installation's <a href="/wiki/Base_Realignment_and_Closure" title="Base Realignment and Closure">BRAC</a>-directed closure.</li> <li>161961 – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola">Naval Air Station Pensacola</a>, Florida, main gate in Blue Angels #1 markings.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a></li> <li>161982 – Navy Inventory Control Point Philadelphia (NAVINCP-P), <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>161983 – In Blue Angels #5 markings, <a href="/wiki/Navy%E2%80%93Marine_Corps_Memorial_Stadium" title="Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium">Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a></li> <li>162430 – <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs_Air_Museum" title="Palm Springs Air Museum">Palm Springs Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a></li> <li>162435 – <a href="/wiki/Patriots_Point" title="Patriots Point">Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_South_Carolina" title="Mount Pleasant, South Carolina">Mount Pleasant, South Carolina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FA-18A_at_the_TAM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/FA-18A_at_the_TAM.jpg/220px-FA-18A_at_the_TAM.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/FA-18A_at_the_TAM.jpg/330px-FA-18A_at_the_TAM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/FA-18A_at_the_TAM.jpg/440px-FA-18A_at_the_TAM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2252" /></a><figcaption>F/A-18A on display at the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Air_Museum" title="Texas Air Museum">Texas Air Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Slaton,_Texas" title="Slaton, Texas">Slaton, Texas</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>162437 – <a href="/wiki/Texas_Air_Museum" title="Texas Air Museum">Texas Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slaton,_Texas" title="Slaton, Texas">Slaton, Texas</a> in <a href="/wiki/VMFA-531" title="VMFA-531">VMFA-531</a> markings<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a></li> <li>162448 – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Facility_El_Centro" title="Naval Air Facility El Centro">Naval Air Facility El Centro</a>, California, main gate.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a></li> <li>162454 – NAS Oceana Air Park, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Oceana" title="Naval Air Station Oceana">Naval Air Station Oceana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>162826 – In Blue Angels #3 markings, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_Aviation_Museum" title="Fort Worth Aviation Museum">Fort Worth Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a></li> <li>162901 – <a href="/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)" title="USS Midway (CV-41)">USS Midway (CV-41)</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Aircraft_Carrier_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum">San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a></li> <li>163093 – In Blue Angels #6 markings,<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a> <a href="/wiki/Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum" title="Pima Air & Space Museum">Pima Air and Space Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li>163119 – Defense Supply Center Richmond, <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>163152 – <a href="/wiki/Flying_Leatherneck_Aviation_Museum" title="Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum">Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/MCAS_Miramar" class="mw-redirect" title="MCAS Miramar">MCAS Miramar</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-168">[168]</a></li> <li>163157 – <a href="/wiki/MCAS_Beaufort" class="mw-redirect" title="MCAS Beaufort">MCAS Beaufort</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-A-18A_at_JetHawks_Stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/F-A-18A_at_JetHawks_Stadium.jpg/220px-F-A-18A_at_JetHawks_Stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/F-A-18A_at_JetHawks_Stadium.jpg/330px-F-A-18A_at_JetHawks_Stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/F-A-18A_at_JetHawks_Stadium.jpg/440px-F-A-18A_at_JetHawks_Stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>NASA F/A-18A at <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_JetHawks" title="Lancaster JetHawks">JetHawks</a> Stadium</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Unknown – <a href="/wiki/Hangar_(Lancaster,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hangar (Lancaster, California)">The Hangar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lancaster_JetHawks" title="Lancaster JetHawks">Lancaster JetHawks</a> stadium), <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_California" title="Lancaster, California">Lancaster, California</a>. Painted as <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> No. 842.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a></li> <li>162436 – on display at the Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, Horsham, Pennsylvania.</li> <li>161521 – In Blue Angels #3 markings. Third Hornet received by Blue Angels (1987). Under restoration and display at Moffett Historical Museum, <a href="/wiki/Moffett_Federal_Airfield" title="Moffett Federal Airfield">Moffett Federal Airfield, California</a>.</li> <li>162411 – In Blue Angel #5 markings with the names Lt. Cmdr. Dick Oliver and Lt. Cmdr. Stuart Powrie. Oliver died when flying a F-11A in 1966 for the Blues and Powrie died in an A-4 Skyhawk. Located at then <a href="/wiki/Hickory_Aviation_Museum" title="Hickory Aviation Museum">Hickory Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory, North Carolina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a></li> <li>A21-023 – In 'Worimi' Livery at <a href="/wiki/Fighter_World" title="Fighter World">Fighter World</a>, <a href="/wiki/Williamtown,_New_South_Wales" title="Williamtown, New South Wales">Williamtown</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>F/A-18B</dt></dl> <ul><li>161746 – In Blue Angels #7 markings at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_Science_Center" title="Saint Louis Science Center">Saint Louis Science Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Louis, Missouri">Saint Louis, Missouri</a>.<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a></li> <li>161943 – In Blue Angels #7 markings at <a href="/wiki/Yanks_Air_Museum" title="Yanks Air Museum">Yanks Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chino,_California" title="Chino, California">Chino, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>F/A-18C</dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_FA-18_and_B-17_at_Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center,_3_February_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Boeing_FA-18_and_B-17_at_Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center%2C_3_February_2024.jpg/220px-Boeing_FA-18_and_B-17_at_Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center%2C_3_February_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Boeing_FA-18_and_B-17_at_Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center%2C_3_February_2024.jpg/330px-Boeing_FA-18_and_B-17_at_Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center%2C_3_February_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Boeing_FA-18_and_B-17_at_Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center%2C_3_February_2024.jpg/440px-Boeing_FA-18_and_B-17_at_Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center%2C_3_February_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Blue Angels F/A-18C Hornet 163439 at the <a href="/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center" title="Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center">Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>163106 – In Blue Angels #2 markings, <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Flight" title="Museum of Flight">Museum of Flight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a>.<a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a></li> <li>163437 – In front of Headquarters, <a href="/wiki/Commander,_Naval_Air_Force_U.S._Atlantic_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander, Naval Air Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet">Naval Air Force Atlantic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Norfolk" title="Naval Station Norfolk">Naval Station Norfolk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>163439 – In Blue Angels #1 markings at the <a href="/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center" title="Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center">Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chantilly,_Virginia" title="Chantilly, Virginia">Chantilly, Virginia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a></li> <li>163485 - In Blue Angels #4 markings at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Air_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Yankee Air Museum">Yankee Air Museum, Belleville, Michigan</a><a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a></li> <li>163498 – Lee Victory Recreation Park, <a href="/wiki/Smyrna,_Tennessee" title="Smyrna, Tennessee">Smyrna, Tennessee</a>.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a></li> <li>163766 – In Blue Angels #1 markings at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Corpus_Christi" title="Naval Air Station Corpus Christi">Naval Air Station Corpus Christi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi, Texas</a><a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a></li> <li>163768 – In Blue Angels #4 markings at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_Aviation_Museum" title="Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum">Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ford_Island" title="Ford Island">Ford Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a><a href="#cite_note-189">[189]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt></dt> <dt>F/A-18D</dt></dl> <ul><li>163486 – <a href="/wiki/MCAS_Beaufort" class="mw-redirect" title="MCAS Beaufort">MCAS Beaufort</a> (East Side), <a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_South_Carolina" title="Beaufort, South Carolina">Beaufort, South Carolina</a>. Painted as VMFA(AW)-533 CO bird, aircraft 01 at the officers' club.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_accidents">Notable accidents</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notable accidents">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For Accidents involving the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, see <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet#Notable_accidents" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet § Notable accidents</a>.</div> <ul><li>On 8 December 2008, a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D <a href="/wiki/2008_San_Diego_F/A-18_crash" title="2008 San Diego F/A-18 crash">crashed in a populated area</a> of <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, California while on approach to <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Miramar" title="Marine Corps Air Station Miramar">Marine Corps Air Station Miramar</a>, killing four people on the ground.<a href="#cite_note-signonsandiego.com-190">[190]</a> The pilot ejected safely; there was no <a href="/wiki/Weapon_systems_officer" title="Weapon systems officer">weapon systems officer</a> (WSO) on board the aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a></li> <li>On 6 April 2012, a USN F/A-18D from <a href="/wiki/VFA-106" title="VFA-106">VFA-106</a><a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a> <a href="/wiki/2012_Virginia_Beach_F/A-18_Crash" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Virginia Beach F/A-18 Crash">crashed into</a> apartment buildings in <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach, Virginia</a>. Both crew members ejected.<a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a> Seven people were injured including the two pilots, who were taken to the hospital; all survived. The crew performed a last-second <a href="/wiki/Fuel_dumping" title="Fuel dumping">fuel dump</a>, and thus may have prevented a large explosion and fire after the crash.<a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a></li> <li>On 2 June 2016, U.S. Marine Corps Captain Jeff Kuss fatally crashed due to weather and fatigue, during a training exercise to prepare for the Great Tennessee Air Show.<a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a> Capt. Kuss's jet (Blue Angels No. 6) crashed about two miles from the runway after an attempted "Split S" maneuver.<a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a></li> <li>On 24 August 2023, a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D crashed after taking off from <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Miramar" title="Marine Corps Air Station Miramar">Marine Corps Air Station Miramar</a>. The sole pilot onboard died after ejecting from the aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(F/A-18C/D)">Specifications (F/A-18C/D)</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Specifications (F/A-18C/D)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18_Hornet_3-view_line_drawing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18_Hornet_3-view_line_drawing.png/310px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18_Hornet_3-view_line_drawing.png" decoding="async" width="310" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18_Hornet_3-view_line_drawing.png/465px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18_Hornet_3-view_line_drawing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/McDonnell_Douglas_F-A-18_Hornet_3-view_line_drawing.png 2x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="385" /></a><figcaption>3-view drawing of the F/A-18 Hornet</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FA-18_Hornet_VX-4_with_10_AMRAAM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/FA-18_Hornet_VX-4_with_10_AMRAAM.jpg/220px-FA-18_Hornet_VX-4_with_10_AMRAAM.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/FA-18_Hornet_VX-4_with_10_AMRAAM.jpg/330px-FA-18_Hornet_VX-4_with_10_AMRAAM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/FA-18_Hornet_VX-4_with_10_AMRAAM.jpg/440px-FA-18_Hornet_VX-4_with_10_AMRAAM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2047" /></a><figcaption>VX-4 F/A-18 with ten <a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAMs</a> and two <a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinders</a> </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M61_Vulcan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/M61_Vulcan.jpg/220px-M61_Vulcan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/M61_Vulcan.jpg/330px-M61_Vulcan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/M61_Vulcan.jpg/440px-M61_Vulcan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/M61_Vulcan" title="M61 Vulcan">M61 Vulcan</a> on display at <a href="/wiki/Miramar_Airshow" class="mw-redirect" title="Miramar Airshow">Miramar Airshow</a> </figcaption></figure> Data from U.S. Navy fact file,<a href="#cite_note-USN_fact-198">[198]</a> F/A-18A/B/C/D NATOPS,<a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a> Frawley Directory,<a href="#cite_note-200">[200]</a> Great Book<a href="#cite_note-201">[201]</a>General characteristics <ul><li>Crew: 1 (C)/2 (D - pilot and weapon systems officer)</li> <li>Length: 56 ft 1 in (17.1 m)</li> <li>Wingspan: 40 ft 4 in (12.3 m) with AIM-9 Sidewinders on wingtip LAU-7 launchers</li> <li>Width: 27 ft 7 in (8.4 m) wing folded</li> <li>Height: 15 ft 5 in (4.7 m)</li> <li>Wing area: 410 sq ft (38 m2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics)" title="Aspect ratio (aeronautics)">Aspect ratio</a>: 4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airfoil" title="Airfoil">Airfoil</a>: root:<a href="/wiki/NACA_airfoil" title="NACA airfoil">NACA 65A005 mod.</a>; tip:<a href="/wiki/NACA_airfoil" title="NACA airfoil">NACA 65A003.5 mod.</a></li> <li>Empty weight: 23,000 lb (10,433 kg)</li> <li>Gross weight: 36,970 lb (16,769 kg)</li> <li>Max takeoff weight: 51,900 lb (23,541 kg)</li> <li>Fuel capacity: 10,860 pounds (4,930 kg) internally</li> <li>Powerplant: 2 × <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_F404-GE-402" class="mw-redirect" title="General Electric F404-GE-402">General Electric F404-GE-402</a> afterburning turbofan engines, 11,000 lbf (49 kN) thrust each dry, 17,750 lbf (79.0 kN) with afterburner</li></ul> Performance <ul><li>Maximum speed: 1,034 kn (1,190 mph, 1,915 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,000 m)</li> <li>Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 <ul><li>Mach 1.06, 700 kn (806 mph; 1,296 km/h) at sea level</li></ul></li> <li>Cruise speed: 480 kn (550 mph, 890 km/h)</li> <li>Range: 1,089 nmi (1,253 mi, 2,017 km) clean with two AIM-9s</li> <li>Combat range: 400 nmi (460 mi, 740 km) air-to-air mission</li> <li>Ferry range: 1,800 nmi (2,100 mi, 3,300 km) with three external tanks</li> <li>Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)</li> <li>Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (250 m/s)</li> <li>Wing loading: 93 lb/sq ft (450 kg/m2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrust-to-weight_ratio" title="Thrust-to-weight ratio">Thrust/weight</a>: 0.96 (1.13 with loaded weight at 50% internal fuel)</li></ul> Armament <ul><li>Guns: 1× <a href="/wiki/20_mm_caliber" title="20 mm caliber">20 mm (0.787 in)</a> <a href="/wiki/M61A1_Vulcan" class="mw-redirect" title="M61A1 Vulcan">M61A1 Vulcan</a> nose mounted 6-barrel <a href="/wiki/Rotary_cannon" title="Rotary cannon">rotary cannon</a>, 578 rounds</li> <li>Hardpoints: 9 total: 2 × wingtips missile launch rail, 4 × under-wing, and 3 × under-fuselage with a capacity of 13,700 lb (6,200 kg) external fuel and ordnance, with provisions to carry combinations of: <ul><li>Rockets: <ul><li>2.75 in (70 mm) <a href="/wiki/Hydra_70" title="Hydra 70">Hydra 70</a> rockets</li> <li>5 in (127.0 mm) <a href="/wiki/Zuni_(rocket)" title="Zuni (rocket)">Zuni</a> rockets</li></ul></li> <li>Missiles: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air-to-air_missile" title="Air-to-air missile">Air-to-air missiles</a>: <ul><li>2 × <a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinder</a> on wingtips and</li> <li>8 × AIM-9 Sidewinder (with double-racks) or 4 × <a href="/wiki/AIM-132_ASRAAM" class="mw-redirect" title="AIM-132 ASRAAM">AIM-132 ASRAAM</a> or 4 × <a href="/wiki/IRIS-T" title="IRIS-T">IRIS-T</a> (EF-18A/B) or 8 × <a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a> (with double-racks) and</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">AIM-7 Sparrow</a> or 2 × AIM-120 AMRAAM</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air-to-surface_missile" title="Air-to-surface missile">Air-to-surface missiles</a>: <ul><li>4 × <a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65 Maverick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-84H/K_SLAM-ER" title="AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER">AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response</a> (SLAM-ER)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-88_HARM" title="AGM-88 HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-radiation_missile" title="Anti-radiation missile">Anti-radiation missile</a> (ARM)</li> <li>4 × <a href="/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon" title="AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon">AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon</a> (JSOW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-158_JASSM" title="AGM-158 JASSM">AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile</a> (JASSM)</li> <li>Taurus <a href="/wiki/KEPD_350" class="mw-redirect" title="KEPD 350">KEPD 350</a> <a href="/wiki/Cruise_missile" title="Cruise missile">cruise missile</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-ship_missile" title="Anti-ship missile">Anti-ship missile</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AGM-84_Harpoon" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-84 Harpoon">AGM-84 Harpoon</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Bombs: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B83_nuclear_bomb" title="B83 nuclear bomb">B83 nuclear bomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb" title="B61 nuclear bomb">B61 nuclear bomb</a><a href="#cite_note-202">[202]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Direct_Attack_Munition" title="Joint Direct Attack Munition">Joint Direct Attack Munition</a> JDAM <a href="/wiki/Precision-guided_munition" title="Precision-guided munition">precision-guided munition</a> (PGMs)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paveway" title="Paveway">Paveway</a> series of <a href="/wiki/Laser-guided_bomb" title="Laser-guided bomb">laser-guided bombs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_80" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark 80">Mk 80 series</a> of unguided <a href="/wiki/Gravity_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity bomb">bombs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GATOR_mine_system" title="GATOR mine system">CBU-78 Gator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBU-87_Combined_Effects_Munition" title="CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition">CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBU-97_Sensor_Fuzed_Weapon" title="CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon">CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBU-100_Cluster_Bomb" title="CBU-100 Cluster Bomb">Mk 20 Rockeye II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_77_bomb" title="Mark 77 bomb">Mk 77</a> Incendiary bomb</li></ul></li> <li>Other: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADM-141_TALD" title="ADM-141 TALD">ADM-141 TALD</a></li> <li>SUU-42A/A <a href="/wiki/Flare_(countermeasure)" title="Flare (countermeasure)">Flares/Infrared decoys</a> dispenser pod and <a href="/wiki/Chaff_(radar_countermeasure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaff (radar countermeasure)">chaff</a> pod or</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasures" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic countermeasures">Electronic countermeasures</a> (ECM) pod or</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/AAS-38" title="AN/AAS-38">AN/AAS-38 Nite Hawk</a> <a href="/wiki/Targeting_pods" class="mw-redirect" title="Targeting pods">Targeting pods</a> (U.S. Navy only), now being replaced by <a href="/wiki/AN/ASQ-228_ATFLIR" title="AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR">AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR</a> or</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LITENING_targeting_pod" class="mw-redirect" title="LITENING targeting pod">LITENING targeting pod</a> (USMC, Royal Australian Air Force, Spanish Air and Space Force, and Finnish Air Force only) or</li> <li>up to 3 × 330 US gallons (270 imp gal; 1,200 L) <a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_in_fiction#F/A-18_Hornet" title="Aircraft in fiction">Aircraft in fiction#F/A-18 Hornet</a> for notable appearances in the media.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_generation_jet_fighter" class="mw-redirect" title="4th generation jet fighter">4th generation jet fighter</a></li></ul> Related development <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">Northrop YF-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_CF-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet">McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EA-18G_Growler" title="Boeing EA-18G Growler">Boeing EA-18G Growler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Alpha_Research_Vehicle" title="High Alpha Research Vehicle">High Alpha Research Vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-53_Active_Aeroelastic_Wing" title="Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing">Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing</a></li></ul> Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-10" title="Chengdu J-10">Chengdu J-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29" title="Mikoyan MiG-29">Mikoyan MiG-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_Model_1600" title="Vought Model 1600">Vought Model 1600</a></li></ul> Related lists <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft" title="List of active United States military aircraft">List of active United States military aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fighter_aircraft" title="List of fighter aircraft">List of fighter aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States" title="List of military electronics of the United States">List of military electronics of the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Citations">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Hornet: the Inside Story of the F/A-18. Novato, California: Presidio Press, 1990. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89141-344-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89141-344-8">978-0-89141-344-8</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-Jenkins_p19-3">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jenkins_p19_3-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jenkins_p19_3-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jenkins_p19_3-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jenkins_p19_3-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jenkins_p19_3-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jenkins_p19_3-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jenkins_p19_3-6">g</a> Jenkins 2000, pp. 19–21. </li> <li id="cite_note-Navy_History_Hornet-4">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Navy_History_Hornet_4-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Navy_History_Hornet_4-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Navy_History_Hornet_4-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Navy_History_Hornet_4-3">d</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/fa18.htm">"F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18 Super Hornet."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217024406/http://www.history.navy.mil/planes/fa18.htm">Archived</a> 17 December 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> U.S. Navy. 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Retrieved 10 April 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Articles.latimes.com&rft.atitle=McDonnell+Settles+Suit+by+Northrop+for+%2450+Million&rft.date=1985-04-09&rft.aulast=DAY&rft.aufirst=KATHLEEN&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1985-04-09-fi-28110-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMcDonnell+Douglas+F%2FA-18+Hornet" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-nytimes.com-13">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes.com_13-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes.com_13-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/09/business/mcdonnell-northrop-suit-mcdonnell-douglas-corporation-northrop-corporation.html">"McDonnell, Northrop Suit The McDonnell Douglas Corporation and the Northrop Corporation yesterday announced"</a>. 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Retrieved 4 September 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=McDonnell%2C+Northrop+Suit+The+McDonnell+Douglas+Corporation+and+the+Northrop+Corporation+yesterday+announced&rft.date=1985-04-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1985%2F04%2F09%2Fbusiness%2Fmcdonnell-northrop-suit-mcdonnell-douglas-corporation-northrop-corporation.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMcDonnell+Douglas+F%2FA-18+Hornet" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-washingtonpost.com-14">^ <a href="#cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_14-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_14-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1985/04/09/mcdonnell-douglas-northrop-settle-jet-feud/736cb2c3-466f-49e1-8c24-7b248911cf71/">"McDonnell Douglas, Northrop Settle Jet Feud"</a>. Washingtonpost.com. 9 April 1985. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171018115242/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1985/04/09/mcdonnell-douglas-northrop-settle-jet-feud/736cb2c3-466f-49e1-8c24-7b248911cf71/">Archived</a> from the original on 18 October 2017. 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Carrier Aviation Air Power Directory. London: AIRtime Publishing Inc., 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-880588-43-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-880588-43-7">978-1-880588-43-7</a>.</li> <li>Drendel, Lou. F/A-18 Hornet in action (Aircraft Number 136). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1993. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89747-300-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89747-300-2">978-0-89747-300-2</a>.</li> <li>Elward, Brad. Boeing F/A-18 Hornet (WarbirdTech, Vol. 31). Specialty Press, 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58007-041-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58007-041-6">978-1-58007-041-6</a>.</li> <li>Gunston, Bill. F/A-18 Hornet (Modern Combat Aircraft 22). St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1985. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7110-1485-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7110-1485-5">978-0-7110-1485-5</a>.</li> <li>Jenkins, Dennis R. F/A-18 Hornet: A Navy Success Story. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-07-134696-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-07-134696-2">978-0-07-134696-2</a>.</li> <li>Miller, Jay. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (Aerofax Minigraph 25). Arlington, Texas: Aerofax Inc., 1988. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-942548-39-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-942548-39-6">978-0-942548-39-6</a>.</li> <li>Peacock, Lindsay. F/A-18 Hornet (Osprey Combat Aircraft Series). London: Osprey Publishing, 1986. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85045-707-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85045-707-0">978-0-85045-707-0</a>.</li> <li>Senior, Tim. "F/A-18 Hornet, The AirForces Monthly book". AirForces Monthly, 2003. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-946219-69-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-946219-69-8">978-0-946219-69-8</a>.</li> <li>Spick, Mike. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (Classic Warplanes). London: Salamander Books, 1991. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8317-1412-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8317-1412-3">978-0-8317-1412-3</a>.</li> <li>Spick, Mike, ed. "F/A-18 Hornet". The Great Book of Modern Warplanes. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI, 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7603-0893-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7603-0893-6">978-0-7603-0893-6</a>.</li> <li>Vann, Frank. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (How They Work: Jet Fighter). New York: Exeter Books, 1988. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7917-0226-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7917-0226-0">978-0-7917-0226-0</a>.</li> <li>Wilson, Stewart. Phantom, Hornet and Skyhawk in Australian Service. Weston Creek, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1993. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781875671038" title="Special:BookSources/9781875671038">9781875671038</a>.</li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Journal articles</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>Holmes, Tony. "RAAF Hornets at War". Australian Aviation. Canberra: Phantom Media, January/February 2006/No. 224. ISSN 0813-0876.</li> <li>Yañez, Roberto and Alex Rodriguez. "Spanish Hornets: Providing a Potent Sting". <a href="/wiki/Air_International" title="Air International">Air International</a>, Volume 75, Number 2, August 2008, pp. 22–25.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trainer_aircraft" title="Trainer aircraft">Trainers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="US_Navy7" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Navy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_T-45_Goshawk" title="McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk">T-45 Goshawk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_119" title="McDonnell 119">Model 119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_C-9" title="McDonnell Douglas C-9">C-9 Nightingale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">KC-10 Extender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_YC-15" title="McDonnell Douglas YC-15">YC-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17 Globemaster III</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Navy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_C-9" title="McDonnell Douglas C-9">C-9 Skytrain II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">Licensed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9guet_941" title="Bréguet 941">Model 188</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Military_helicopter" title="Military helicopter">Helicopters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Army / US Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XH-20_Little_Henry" title="McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry">XH-20 Little Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache" title="Boeing AH-64 Apache">AH-64 Apache</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Navy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XHJH_Whirlaway" title="McDonnell XHJH Whirlaway">XHJH Whirlaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XHCH" title="McDonnell XHCH">XHCH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_HRH" title="McDonnell HRH">XHRH</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_120_Flying_Crane" title="McDonnell 120 Flying Crane">Model 120 Flying Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD_500_Defender" title="McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender">MD500 Defender</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">Drones (UAVs)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">ADM-20 Quail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Navy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_TD2D_Katydid" title="McDonnell TD2D Katydid">KDH Katydid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LBD_Gargoyle" title="LBD Gargoyle">KUD</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_AQUILINE" title="Project AQUILINE">Aquiline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Experimental_aircraft" title="Experimental aircraft">Experimental</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="US_Army_/_US_Air_Force31" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Army / US Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XV-1" title="McDonnell XV-1">XV-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_X-36" title="McDonnell Douglas X-36">X-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_STOL/MTD" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD">F-15 STOL/MTD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Bird_of_Prey" title="Boeing Bird of Prey">Bird of Prey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-X">DC-X</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Spacecraft" title="Spacecraft">Spacecraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">Gemini</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manned_Orbiting_Laboratory" title="Manned Orbiting Laboratory">Gemini B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Gemini" title="Big Gemini">Big Gemini</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skylab" title="Skylab">Skylab</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Gemini" title="Blue Gemini">Blue Gemini</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Model numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XP-67" title="McDonnell XP-67">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XP-67" title="McDonnell XP-67">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XP-67" title="McDonnell XP-67">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LBD_Gargoyle" title="LBD Gargoyle">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin" title="McDonnell XF-85 Goblin">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_TD2D_Katydid" title="McDonnell TD2D Katydid">31</a></li> <li>36 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-88_Voodoo" title="McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo">36–36V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">36W–36DH</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XHJH_Whirlaway" title="McDonnell XHJH Whirlaway">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XH-20_Little_Henry" title="McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_TD2D_Katydid" title="McDonnell TD2D Katydid">50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_TD2D_Katydid" title="McDonnell TD2D Katydid">51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XHJH_Whirlaway" title="McDonnell XHJH Whirlaway">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_HRH" title="McDonnell HRH">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XH-20_Little_Henry" title="McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XV-1" title="McDonnell XV-1">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RIM-8_Talos" title="RIM-8 Talos">85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XHCH" title="McDonnell XHCH">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-2_Triton" title="SSM-N-2 Triton">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_119" title="McDonnell 119">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_120_Flying_Crane" title="McDonnell 120 Flying Crane">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AAM-N-10_Eagle" title="AAM-N-10 Eagle">127</a></li> <li>133 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">133A–133K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">133L–133P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Gemini" title="Big Gemini">133Q</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASSET_(spacecraft)" title="ASSET (spacecraft)">151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temco_TT_Pinto" title="Temco TT Pinto">182</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temco_TT_Pinto" title="Temco TT Pinto">183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9guet_941" title="Bréguet 941">188</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Isinglass" title="Project Isinglass">192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manned_Orbiting_Laboratory" title="Manned Orbiting Laboratory">195</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">199</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9guet_941" title="Bréguet 941">210</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_119" title="McDonnell 119">220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoon_(missile)" title="Harpoon (missile)">228</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II">258</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier" title="Hawker Siddeley Harrier">258AP</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Alpha" title="Northrop Alpha">Alpha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Beta" title="Northrop Beta">Beta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Gamma" title="Northrop Gamma">Gamma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Delta" title="Northrop Delta">Delta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">'N' series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">Note: Northrop company designations include a wide variety of technologies. Only aircraft, aero engines, and missiles are linked here. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-1" title="Northrop N-1">N-1</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-1M" title="Northrop N-1M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-56_Black_Bullet" title="Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet">N-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-3PB_Nomad" title="Northrop N-3PB Nomad">N-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-4 (page does not exist)">N-4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-5 (page does not exist)">N-5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-6 (page does not exist)">N-6</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-7 (page does not exist)">N-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">N-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-35" title="Northrop YB-35">N-9</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-9M" title="Northrop N-9M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop-Hendy_XT37" title="Northrop-Hendy XT37">N-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-79" title="Northrop XP-79">N-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-79" title="Northrop XP-79">N-14</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-15&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-15 (page does not exist)">N-15</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_JB-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop JB-1 (page does not exist)">N-16</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_JB-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop JB-1 (page does not exist)">N-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop-Hendy_XT37" title="Northrop-Hendy XT37">N-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">N-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">N-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider" title="Northrop YC-125 Raider">N-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">N-25A</a>/<a href="/wiki/SSM-A-5_Boojum" title="SSM-A-5 Boojum">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_X-4_Bantam" title="Northrop X-4 Bantam">N-26</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-29 (page does not exist)">N-29</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-31&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-31 (page does not exist)">N-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider" title="Northrop YC-125 Raider">N-32</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-34&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-34 (page does not exist)">N-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider" title="Northrop YC-125 Raider">N-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">N-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">N-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-35" title="Northrop YB-35">N-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">N-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">N-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-35" title="Northrop YB-35">N-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">N-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">N-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-35" title="Northrop YB-35">N-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">N-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-35" title="Northrop YB-35">N-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">N-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-54</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-55&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-55 (page does not exist)">N-55</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-59&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-59 (page does not exist)">N-59</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-60&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-60 (page does not exist)">N-60</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-63&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-63 (page does not exist)">N-63</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-65&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-65 (page does not exist)">N-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">N-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">N-72</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-73&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-73 (page does not exist)">N-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider" title="Northrop YC-125 Raider">N-74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-87</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-94&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-94 (page does not exist)">N-94</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-96&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-96 (page does not exist)">N-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-102_Fang" title="Northrop N-102 Fang">N-102</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-103&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-103 (page does not exist)">N-103</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armour_Research_Foundation_T-131&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armour Research Foundation T-131 (page does not exist)">N-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">N-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">N-112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">N-124</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-132&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-132 (page does not exist)">N-132</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-133&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-133 (page does not exist)">N-133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">N-134</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-135&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-135 (page does not exist)">N-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-138</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">N-141</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-144&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-144 (page does not exist)">N-144</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-149&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-149 (page does not exist)">N-149</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dervish_(rocket)" title="Dervish (rocket)">N-150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_AQM-35" title="Northrop AQM-35">N-151</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-155&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-155 (page does not exist)">N-155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">N-156</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-165&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-165 (page does not exist)">N-165</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-204" title="Northrop N-204">N-204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_T-38_Talon" title="Northrop T-38 Talon">N-205</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_X-21" title="Northrop X-21">N-250</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-251&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-251 (page does not exist)">N-251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_T-38_Talon" title="Northrop T-38 Talon">N-267</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-285&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-285 (page does not exist)">N-285</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">N-300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">N-301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">N-302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">N-303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">N-304</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">N-305</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">N-306</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">N-307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">N-311</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-9" title="Northrop YA-9">N-320</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">N-321</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_P610&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop P610 (page does not exist)">N-322</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIDC_AT-3" title="AIDC AT-3">N-330</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-353&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-353 (page does not exist)">N-353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-137_TSSAM" title="AGM-137 TSSAM">N-370</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-381&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-381 (page does not exist)">N-381</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">'P' series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">P530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">P600</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_P610&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop P610 (page does not exist)">P610</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">P630</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By role</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Attack</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-13" title="Northrop YA-13">YA-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-13" title="Northrop YA-13">XA-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_A-17" title="Northrop A-17">A-17/Nomad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-3PB_Nomad" title="Northrop N-3PB Nomad">N-3PB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-9" title="Northrop YA-9">YA-9</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Bombers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-35" title="Northrop YB-35">YB-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">YB-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">B-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_BT" title="Northrop BT">BT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YB-35" title="Northrop YB-35">B2T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit" title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">B-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Drones</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_AQM-35" title="Northrop AQM-35">Q-4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XFT" title="Northrop XFT">3A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-56_Black_Bullet" title="Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet">XP-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">P-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-79" title="Northrop XP-79">XP-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">F-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XFT" title="Northrop XFT">XFT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">F2T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">F-5</a>/<a href="/wiki/Canadair_CF-5" title="Canadair CF-5">CF-5/CF-116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">YF-17</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F-18L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark" title="Northrop F-20 Tigershark">F-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-23" title="Northrop YF-23">YF-23</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-15_Reporter" title="Northrop F-15 Reporter">F-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-15_Reporter" title="Northrop F-15 Reporter">RF-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">RF-5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_N-165&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northrop N-165 (page does not exist)">N-165</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-204" title="Northrop N-204">N-204</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Trainers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_T-38_Talon" title="Northrop T-38 Talon">T-38</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Alpha" title="Northrop Alpha">Alpha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Beta" title="Northrop Beta">Beta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Gamma" title="Northrop Gamma">Gamma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Delta" title="Northrop Delta">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_C-19_Alpha" title="Northrop C-19 Alpha">C-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Gamma" title="Northrop Gamma">C-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider" title="Northrop YC-125 Raider">YC-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Delta" title="Northrop Delta">RT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Experimental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-1M" title="Northrop N-1M">N-1M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-9M" title="Northrop N-9M">N-9M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_JB-1_Bat" title="Northrop JB-1 Bat">JB-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-79" title="Northrop XP-79">MX-324</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-79" title="Northrop XP-79">MX-334</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_M2-F2" title="Northrop M2-F2">M2-F2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_M2-F3" title="Northrop M2-F3">M2-F3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_HL-10" title="Northrop HL-10">HL-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Tacit_Blue" title="Northrop Tacit Blue">Tacit Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_X-4_Bantam" title="Northrop X-4 Bantam">X-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_X-21" title="Northrop X-21">X-21</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aircraft engines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop-Hendy_XT37" title="Northrop-Hendy XT37">XT37</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Names</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Alpha" title="Northrop Alpha">Alpha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_X-4_Bantam" title="Northrop X-4 Bantam">Bantam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Beta" title="Northrop Beta">Beta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-56_Black_Bullet" title="Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet">Black Bullet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">Black Widow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-A-5_Boojum" title="SSM-A-5 Boojum">Boojum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_BQM-74_Chukar" title="Northrop BQM-74 Chukar">Chukar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Delta" title="Northrop Delta">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dervish_(rocket)" title="Dervish (rocket)">Dervish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_N-102_Fang" title="Northrop N-102 Fang">Fang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">Freedom Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Gamma" title="Northrop Gamma">Gamma</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hornet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_A-17" title="Northrop A-17">Nomad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider" title="Northrop YC-125 Raider">Pioneer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider" title="Northrop YC-125 Raider">Raider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-15_Reporter" title="Northrop F-15 Reporter">Reporter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">Scorpion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">Snark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit" title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_T-38_Talon" title="Northrop T-38 Talon">Talon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark" title="Northrop F-20 Tigershark">Tigershark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/TR-3_Black_Manta" class="mw-redirect" title="TR-3 Black Manta">TR-3</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Designation_sequences_for_this_aircraft:107" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Designation_sequences_for_this_aircraft:107" 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1924–1962, and <a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system" title="1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system">Tri-Service</a> post-1962 systems</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1924 sequences (1924–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pursuit (1924–1948)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">P-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">P-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">P-3</a></li> <li>P-43 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">Curtiss P-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-4" title="Boeing XP-4">Boeing P-4</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">P-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-7" title="Boeing XP-7">P-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-8" title="Boeing XP-8">P-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-9" title="Boeing XP-9">P-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-10" title="Curtiss XP-10">P-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">P-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas-Morse_XP-13_Viper" title="Thomas-Morse XP-13 Viper">P-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas-Morse_XP-13_Viper" title="Thomas-Morse XP-13 Viper">P-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-15" title="Boeing XP-15">P-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_P-16" title="Berliner-Joyce P-16">P-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-18" title="Curtiss XP-18">P-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-19" title="Curtiss XP-19">P-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_YP-20" title="Curtiss YP-20">P-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-22_Hawk" title="Curtiss XP-22 Hawk">P-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_YP-24" title="Lockheed YP-24">P-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-26_Peashooter" title="Boeing P-26 Peashooter">P-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-29" title="Boeing P-29">P-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-31_Swift" title="Curtiss XP-31 Swift">P-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-29" title="Boeing P-29">P-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedell-Williams_XP-34" title="Wedell-Williams XP-34">P-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seversky_P-35" title="Seversky P-35">P-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-36_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-36 Hawk">P-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_YP-37" title="Curtiss YP-37">P-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">P-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">P-39</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-76" title="Bell P-76">P-39E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">P-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seversky_XP-41" title="Seversky XP-41">P-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-42" title="Curtiss XP-42">P-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-43_Lancer" title="Republic P-43 Lancer">P-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-43_Lancer" title="Republic P-43 Lancer">P-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">P-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-46" title="Curtiss XP-46">P-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">P-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XP-48" title="Douglas XP-48">P-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XP-49" title="Lockheed XP-49">P-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">P-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">P-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-52" title="Bell XP-52">P-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-60" title="Curtiss P-60">P-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_XP-54" title="Vultee XP-54">P-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XP-55_Ascender" title="Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender">P-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-56_Black_Bullet" title="Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet">P-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucker_XP-57" title="Tucker XP-57">P-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XP-58_Chain_Lightning" title="Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning">P-58</a></li> <li>P-593 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-52" title="Bell XP-52">XP-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-59_Airacomet" title="Bell P-59 Airacomet">P-59</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-60" title="Curtiss P-60">P-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">P-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-62" title="Curtiss XP-62">P-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-63_Kingcobra" title="Bell P-63 Kingcobra">P-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-64" title="North American P-64">P-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">P-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_P-66_Vanguard" title="Vultee P-66 Vanguard">P-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XP-67" title="McDonnell XP-67">P-67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_XP-68_Tornado" title="Vultee XP-68 Tornado">P-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XP-69" title="Republic XP-69">P-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">P-70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-71" title="Curtiss XP-71">P-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XP-72" title="Republic XP-72">P-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_D-2" title="Hughes D-2">P-73</a>2</li> <li>P-741</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_P-75_Eagle" title="Fisher P-75 Eagle">P-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-76" title="Bell P-76">P-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-77" title="Bell XP-77">P-77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">P-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-79" title="Northrop XP-79">P-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">P-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Vultee_XP-81" title="Consolidated Vultee XP-81">P-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">P-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-83" title="Bell XP-83">P-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet" title="Republic F-84 Thunderjet">P-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin" title="McDonnell XF-85 Goblin">P-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">P-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XF-87_Blackhawk" title="Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk">P-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-88_Voodoo" title="McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo">P-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">P-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XF-90" title="Lockheed XF-90">P-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-91_Thunderceptor" title="Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor">P-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XF-92" title="Convair XF-92">P-92</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighter (1948–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">F-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">F-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">F-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">F-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">F-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-59_Airacomet" title="Bell P-59 Airacomet">F-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">F-61</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-15_Reporter" title="Northrop F-15 Reporter">RF-61C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-63_Kingcobra" title="Bell P-63 Kingcobra">F-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">F-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Vultee_XP-81" title="Consolidated Vultee XP-81">F-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">F-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-83" title="Bell XP-83">F-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet" title="Republic F-84 Thunderjet">F-84</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">F-84F/J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech" title="Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech">F-84H</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin" title="McDonnell XF-85 Goblin">F-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">F-86</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_YF-93" title="North American YF-93">F-86C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">F-86D/G/K/L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XF-87_Blackhawk" title="Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk">F-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-88_Voodoo" title="McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo">F-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">F-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XF-90" title="Lockheed XF-90">F-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-91_Thunderceptor" title="Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor">F-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XF-92" title="Convair XF-92">F-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_YF-93" title="North American YF-93">F-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-94_Starfire" title="Lockheed F-94 Starfire">F-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">F-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">F-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-94_Starfire" title="Lockheed F-94 Starfire">F-97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-4_Falcon" title="AIM-4 Falcon">F-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CIM-10_Bomarc" title="CIM-10 Bomarc">F-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">F-100</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">F-100B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">F-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">F-102</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">F-102B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-103" title="Republic XF-103">F-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">F-104</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XF-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter">XF-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeritalia_F-104S_Starfighter" title="Aeritalia F-104S Starfighter">F-104S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_NF-104A" title="Lockheed NF-104A">NF-104A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">F-105</a></li> <li>F-1063 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech" title="Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech">XF-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">F-106</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">F-107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">F-108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_D-188A" title="Bell D-188A">F-109</a>2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">F-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">F-111</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">F-111B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111C" title="General Dynamics F-111C">F-111C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111K" title="General Dynamics F-111K">F-111K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Boeing_AFTI/F-111A_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark">AFTI/F-111A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_EF-111A_Raven" title="General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven">EF-111A</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pursuit, biplace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_P-16" title="Berliner-Joyce P-16">PB-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">PB-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XFM-2" title="Lockheed XFM-2">PB-3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighter, multiplace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_YFM-1_Airacuda" title="Bell YFM-1 Airacuda">FM-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XFM-2" title="Lockheed XFM-2">FM-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-sequential</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_SBD_Dauntless" title="Douglas SBD Dauntless">F-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">P-322</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">P-400</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tri-service sequence (1962–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main sequence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>F-1 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">F-1C/D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">F-1E/F</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">F-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">F-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">F-4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_in_UK_service" title="McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service">F-4K/M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">F-5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark" title="Northrop F-20 Tigershark">G</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F4D_Skyray" title="Douglas F4D Skyray">F-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart" title="Convair F2Y Sea Dart">F-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">F-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">F-9</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">F-9F–J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F3D_Skyknight" title="Douglas F3D Skyknight">F-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">F-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12" title="Lockheed YF-12">F-12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">F-12C</a>2</li></ul></li> <li>F-131</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">F-15</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">F-15E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F-15EX_Eagle_II" title="Boeing F-15EX Eagle II">F-15EX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_F-15J" title="Mitsubishi F-15J">F-15J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_STOL/MTD" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD">F-15 STOL/MTD</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16XL" title="General Dynamics F-16XL">F-16XL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_X-62_VISTA" title="General Dynamics X-62 VISTA">NF-16D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">F-17</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F/A-18</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">F/A-18E/F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EA-18G_Growler" title="Boeing EA-18G Growler">EA-18G</a></li></ul></li> <li>F-191</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark" title="Northrop F-20 Tigershark">F-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IAI_Kfir#United_States" title="IAI Kfir">F-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor" title="Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor">F-22</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_YF-22" title="Lockheed YF-22">YF-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_FB-22" title="Lockheed Martin FB-22">FB-22</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Have_Doughnut" title="Have Doughnut">YF-110</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21">YF-110B/D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-7" title="Chengdu J-7">YF-110C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAVE_DRILL" class="mw-redirect" title="HAVE DRILL">YF-113 (I)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17">YF-113A</a></li></ul></li> <li>YF-113 (II) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-23" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23">YF-113B/D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Have_Privilege" class="mw-redirect" title="Have Privilege">YF-113 (III)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-5" title="Shenyang J-5">YF-113C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAVE_FERRY" class="mw-redirect" title="HAVE FERRY">YF-114</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17">YF-114C/D</a></li></ul></li> <li>YF-117 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk" title="Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk">YF-117A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Tacit_Blue" title="Northrop Tacit Blue">YF-117D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Bird_of_Prey" title="Boeing Bird of Prey">YF-118</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_XFV-12" title="Rockwell XFV-12">FV-12</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>1 Not assigned  • 2 Unofficial  • 3 Assigned to multiple types See also: "<a href="/wiki/F-19" title="F-19">F-19</a>"  • <a href="/wiki/Template:USAAS_fighters" title="Template:USAAS fighters">1919–1924 sequence</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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States <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">attack aircraft</a> designations, Army/Air Force and <a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system" title="1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system">Tri-Service</a> systems</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Army/Air Force sequence (1925–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>A-11</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XA-2" title="Douglas XA-2">A-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_XA-7" title="Fokker XA-7">A-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_A-8" title="Curtiss A-8">A-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_YP-24" title="Lockheed YP-24">A-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_YA-10_Shrike" title="Curtiss YA-10 Shrike">A-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">A-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_A-12_Shrike" title="Curtiss A-12 Shrike">A-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-13" title="Northrop YA-13">A-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XA-14" title="Curtiss XA-14">A-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-10" title="Martin B-10">A-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-13" title="Northrop YA-13">A-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_A-17" title="Northrop A-17">A-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_A-18_Shrike" title="Curtiss A-18 Shrike">A-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_V-11" title="Vultee V-11">A-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">A-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stearman_XA-21" title="Stearman XA-21">A-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Maryland" title="Martin Maryland">A-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Baltimore" title="Martin Baltimore">A-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_SBD_Dauntless" title="Douglas SBD Dauntless">A-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SB2C Helldiver">A-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader" title="Douglas A-26 Invader">A-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-27" title="North American A-27">A-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">A-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">A-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Baltimore" title="Martin Baltimore">A-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance" title="Vultee A-31 Vengeance">A-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_XA-32" title="Brewster XA-32">A-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-33" title="Douglas A-33">A-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_SB2A_Buccaneer" title="Brewster SB2A Buccaneer">A-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance" title="Vultee A-31 Vengeance">A-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-36" title="North American A-36">A-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_D-2" title="Hughes D-2">A-37</a>2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_XA-38_Grizzly" title="Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly">A-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiser-Fleetwings_A-39" title="Kaiser-Fleetwings A-39">A-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XBTC" title="Curtiss XBTC">A-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_XA-41" title="Vultee XA-41">A-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XB-42_Mixmaster" title="Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster">A-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XF-87_Blackhawk" title="Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk">A-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XB-53" title="Convair XB-53">A-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XB-51" title="Martin XB-51">A-45</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tri-Service 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href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">A-6</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">EA-6B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">A-7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_YA-7F" title="Vought YA-7F">A-7F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7P_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7P Corsair II">A-7P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_Model_100" title="General Dynamics Model 100">A-8</a>2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-9" title="Northrop YA-9">A-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10</a></li> <li>A-111</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_A-12_Avenger_II" title="McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II">A-12</a></li> <li>A-131</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano" title="Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano">A-14</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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title="Cessna A-37 Dragonfly">A-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L3Harris_EA-37B_Compass_Call" title="L3Harris EA-37B Compass Call">EA-37</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky" title="Douglas AC-47 Spooky">AC-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_AC-119" title="Fairchild AC-119">AC-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_T-6_Texan_II" title="Beechcraft T-6 Texan II">AT-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_AU-23_Peacemaker" title="Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker">AU-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helio_AU-24_Stallion" title="Helio AU-24 Stallion">AU-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier" title="Hawker 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9" title="Airco DH.9">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_S.E.5" title="Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_504" title="Avro 504">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Pup" title="Sopwith Pup">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9" title="Airco DH.9">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth" title="De Havilland DH.60 Moth">A7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.50" title="De Havilland DH.50">A8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seagull_(1921)" title="Supermarine Seagull (1921)">A9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_III" title="Fairey III">A10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Southampton" title="Supermarine Southampton">A11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Bulldog" title="Bristol Bulldog">A12</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF Series Two 1935–63</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Wackett" title="CAC Wackett">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_643_Cadet" title="Avro 643 Cadet">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth" title="De Havilland DH.60 Moth">A7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">A8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">A9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.50" title="De Havilland DH.50">A10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorcraft_Auster" title="Taylorcraft Auster">A11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Bulldog" title="Bristol Bulldog">A12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Trainer" title="Link Trainer">A13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tugan_Gannet" title="Tugan Gannet">A14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Magister" title="Miles Magister">A15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">A16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth" title="De Havilland Tiger Moth">A17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">A18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">A19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Wirraway" title="CAC Wirraway">A20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Moth_Minor" title="De Havilland Moth Minor">A21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Battle" title="Fairey Battle">A22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Woomera" title="CAC Woomera">A23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina">A24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Oxford" title="Airspeed Oxford">A25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">A26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance" title="Vultee A-31 Vengeance">A27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">A28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">A29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Express" title="De Havilland Express">A31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Vega_Gull" title="Percival Vega Gull">A32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon_Rapide" title="De Havilland Dragon Rapide">A33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon" title="De Havilland Dragon">A34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Dolphin" title="Douglas Dolphin">A35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_24" title="Fairchild 24">A36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Falcon" title="Miles Falcon">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Merlin" title="Miles Merlin">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Hawk" title="Miles Hawk">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_Reliant" title="Stinson Reliant">A38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_17_Staggerwing" title="Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing">A39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_Airmaster" title="Cessna Airmaster">A40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Fox_Moth" title="De Havilland Fox Moth">A41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Vega" title="Lockheed Vega">A42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragonfly" title="De Havilland Dragonfly">A43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_G_31" title="Junkers G 31">A44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_W_34" title="Junkers W 34">A44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Trimotor" title="Ford Trimotor">A45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Boomerang" title="CAC Boomerang">A46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">A47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_OS2U_Kingfisher" title="Vought OS2U Kingfisher">A48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dornier_Do_24" title="Dornier Do 24">A49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_ST" title="Ryan ST">A50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_F2A_Buffalo" title="Brewster F2A Buffalo">A51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">A52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">A53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco_Aircraft_Company" title="Waco Aircraft Company">A54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">A55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-43_Lancer" title="Republic P-43 Lancer">A56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Australia" title="De Havilland Australia">A57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">A58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Ventura" title="Lockheed Ventura">A59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">A60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">A61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_CA-15" title="CAC CA-15">A62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_navigation" title="Celestial navigation">A63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_L-1_Vigilant" title="Stinson L-1 Vigilant">A64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">A65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" title="Avro Lancaster">A66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">A67</a></li> <li>A68 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Mustang" title="CAC Mustang">1–200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">500–1001</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SB2C Helldiver">A69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_PBM_Mariner" title="Martin PBM Mariner">A70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noorduyn_Norseman" title="Noorduyn Norseman">A71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">A72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Lincoln" title="Avro Lincoln">A73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_York" title="Avro York">A74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Proctor" title="Percival Proctor">A75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">A76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">A77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">A78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">A79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_H-5" title="Sikorsky H-5">A80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Freighter" title="Bristol Freighter">A81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viking" title="Vickers Viking">A82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet" title="De Havilland Hornet">A83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">A84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Winjeel" title="CAC Winjeel">A85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_P.1081" title="Hawker P.1081">A86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">A87</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFD_Winged_Target&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RFD Winged Target (page does not exist)">A88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-2_Neptune" title="Lockheed P-2 Neptune">A89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Prince" title="Percival Prince">A90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Sycamore" title="Bristol Sycamore">A91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">A92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">A93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Sabre" title="CAC Sabre">A94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver">A95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_CV-240_family" title="Convair CV-240 family">A96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">A97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_180_Skywagon" title="Cessna 180 Skywagon">A98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAC_Jet_Provost" title="BAC Jet Provost">A99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otter" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter">A100</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy">RAN Series</a>1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Firefly" title="Fairey Firefly">N1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">N2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Gannet" title="Fairey Gannet">N3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Sea_Venom" title="De Havilland Sea Venom">N4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Sycamore" title="Bristol Sycamore">N5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">N6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">N7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Scout" title="Westland Scout">N8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">N9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radioplane_BTT" title="Radioplane BTT">N10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">N11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">N12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk" title="Douglas A-4 Skyhawk">N13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-326" title="Aermacchi MB-326">N14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748" title="Hawker Siddeley HS 748">N15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">N16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF Series Three</a> Tri-Service series 1964–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_H-13_Sioux" title="Bell H-13 Sioux">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_III_Australian_procurement" title="Dassault Mirage III Australian procurement">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Alouette_III" title="Aérospatiale Alouette III">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers Viscount">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-326" title="Aermacchi MB-326">A7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111C" title="General Dynamics F-111C">A8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion" title="Lockheed P-3 Orion">A9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748" title="Hawker Siddeley HS 748">A10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_20" title="Dassault Falcon 20">A11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAC_One-Eleven" title="BAC One-Eleven">A12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Trainer" title="Link Trainer">A13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-6_Porter" title="Pilatus PC-6 Porter">A14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook" title="Boeing CH-47 Chinook">A15</a></li> <li>A16</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_OH-58_Kiowa" title="Bell OH-58 Kiowa">A17/N17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Nomad" title="GAF Nomad">A18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PAC_CT/4_Airtrainer" title="PAC CT/4 Airtrainer">A19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">A20</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_AS350_%C3%89cureuil" title="Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil">A22/N22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-9" title="Pilatus PC-9">A23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-60_Seahawk" title="Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk">N24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">A25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_900" title="Dassault Falcon 900">A26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Hawk" title="BAE Systems Hawk">A27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_MQM-107_Streaker" title="Beechcraft MQM-107 Streaker">N28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaman_SH-2G_Super_Seasprite" title="Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite">N29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-7_Wedgetail" title="Boeing E-7 Wedgetail">A30</a></li> <li>A31</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">A32</a></li> <li>A33</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan" title="Alenia C-27J Spartan">A34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">A35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Business_Jet" title="Boeing Business Jet">A36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series" title="Bombardier Challenger 600 series">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_Tiger" title="Eurocopter Tiger">A38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330_MRTT" title="Airbus A330 MRTT">A39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHIndustries_NH90" title="NHIndustries NH90">A40/N40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">A41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW109" title="AgustaWestland AW109">N42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AAI_RQ-7_Shadow" title="AAI RQ-7 Shadow">A43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">A44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IAI_Heron" title="IAI Heron">A45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EA-18G_Growler" title="Boeing EA-18G Growler">A46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">A47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-60_Seahawk" title="Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk">N48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_429_GlobalRanger" title="Bell 429 GlobalRanger">N49</a></li> <li>A51</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_EC135" title="Eurocopter EC135">N52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_1900" title="Beechcraft 1900">A53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilatus_PC-21" title="Pilatus PC-21">A54</a></li> <li>A55</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_7X" title="Dassault Falcon 7X">A56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_in_Australian_service" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service">A69</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force">Aircraft of the RAAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy">Aircraft of the RAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Army_aircraft" title="List of Australian Army aircraft">Aircraft of the Australian Army</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>1 Prior to adoption of Tri-Service prefixes.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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