F/A-18 Hornet

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

日本語: F/A-18 は、アメリカ海軍などが運用する戦闘攻撃機。スズメバチを意味するホーネット (Hornet) の愛称で呼ばれる。初飛行は1978年。
한국어: F/A-18 호넷(F/A-18 Hornet)은 현대식 전천후 항공모함용 전폭기(strike fighter)이다. 이것은 전투기(fighter aircraft)와 공격기(attack aircraft)의 임무를 충족하기 위해 설계되었다.
中文: /A-18黃蜂式戰鬥攻擊機(F/A-18 "Hornet" Strike Fighter)是美國海軍所發展，一種專門針對航空母艦起降而開發的對空/對地雙用全天候戰機，它同時也是美國軍方第一架同時擁有戰鬥機與攻击机身份的機種，對於空間有限、承載機隊數量不多的航空母艦而言，像F/A-18這種角色多變的泛用機種，是非常優秀的配屬選擇，也是目前美國海軍最重要的航艦搭載戰機。

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[edit] Flight action

F/A-18 vapour cloud 1

F/A-18 vapour cloud 2

F/A-18 vapour cloud 3

Supersonic flyby
FA18 soundbarrier VFA195 2005 DF-SD-06-02979.jpg

F/A-18 vapour trail 1

F/A-18 vapour trail 2

F/A-18 vapour trail 3

F/A-18 vapour trail 4

Blue Angels, diamond formation

Blue Angels

F/A-18 flight

A KC-130H and two F-18 of the Spanish Air Force.

Finnish airforce F/A-18 at Rissala airport

Swiss F-18 landing

B-2 and 8 F-18s

F/A-18C of the Swiss Air Force

Canadian CF-18

Canadian CF-18

Canadian CF-18

A Spanish F/A-18

F/A-18 escorting a Tupolev Tu-95

Over Iraq, 2003

[edit] Carrier action

F/A-18C taking off

F/A-18C taking off

F/A-18 launching

F/A-18C launching

F/A-18 cockpit view

F/A-18 landing

F/A-18C landing

AIM-9 Sidewinder and F/A-18

On catapult

Carrier ops

Carrier ops

F/A-18 taking off

Carrier launch

Flight deck personnel prepare for the next launch after an F/A-18C leaves the flight deck

Being guided onto a catapult

Flight deck personnel conduct a foreign object debris walk-down

Dusk launch waiting on the catapult

[edit] At air shows

F/A-18C with Hornet 30th Anniv paint scheme at Air Power Over Hampton Roads, Langley AFB, VA

F/A-18 at Yokota Base Tokyo,Japan

F/A-18 at Yokota Base Tokyo,Japan

F/A-18C VMFA-212 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan

Blue Angels take-off

F/A-18F at RIAT 2004

Spanish F-18 Hornet at Skrydstrup Air Force Base, Denmark, 2006

Swiss F/A-18D Hornet in the Netherlands, 1997.

Hornet at ILA2002, Berlin, Germany.

A Blue Angels F/A-18 lands at KSC

A Blue Angels F/A-18 taxis at KSC

[edit] Misc

Heads Up Display (HUD) view from F/A-18 Hornet

3-view drawing
FA-18 Automated Aerial Refueling.ogg

Automated Aerial Refueling (OGG video)
F-18A Active Aeroelastic Wing flight test.ogg

an Active Aeroelastic Wing flight test (OGG video)

NASA 3-view
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