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Canada’s CF-18 Hornet Fighter Crisis

Canada’s Air Force is running out of runway. Aging CF-18s are costly to keep flightworthy, readiness is sliding amid pilot ...
NAPLES, Italy — Recovery of a Navy fighter jet recently downed over the Red Sea likely hinges on what’s left of the wreckage and how safely a salvage operation could be pulled off, analysts say. The F ...
The Canadian government has ruled out the Boeing Super Hornet from its next-generation fighter jet competition, narrowing the field to the Lockheed Martin F-35 and Saab’s Gripen E. This video compares ...
A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet and a tow tractor fell off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Monday while it was at sea, the service announced. All personnel are accounted for, and one sailor ...
In March 2024, the Navy secured a deal that would acquire 17 Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets from Boeing for a grand total $1.1 billion. This purchase will give the Navy 12 F/A-18F and five F/A-18E on ...
The Super Hornet remains the Navy’s most advanced frontline carrier-based strike fighter. The resurgence in violence between American troops and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen is ongoing, ...
For the second time in just over a week, a U.S. Navy fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, according to USA TODAY. A defense official confirmed an F/A ...
Serving as the Navy’s premier strike fighter platform, the Boeing-designed F/A-18 platform has earned its reputation as a tried and trusted jet for nearly half a century. Born from the service’s ...
An F/A-18E Super Hornet is estimated to cost about $60 million.US Navy photo An F/A-18 Super Hornet fell off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Monday. A defense official said a ...