Australia Says Farewell To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet As Its Final Flight Looms (Updated)
With its plan to introduce the F-35A well underway, the Royal Australian Air Force is finally retiring the last of its F/A-18A/B Hornets.
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Australia To Sell Retired F/A-18 Hornet Fighters To Private Aggressor Firm Air USA
Air USA, a private contractor that offers “red air” adversary support, is buying up to 46 soon-to-be-retired F/A-18A/B Hornets from the Royal Australian Air Force. Last year, the U.S. Air Force hired the company, along with six others, under a massive multi-billion dollar training support contract.
Navy’s Trash Is NASA’s Treasure As Surplus F/A-18Bs Begin Arriving At Armstrong Flight Test Center
Even older jets could help bolster the organization’s ability to conduct important aviation research.
NASA Puts Its F/A-18s and F-15s To Work To Help Solve Pilot Oxygen Deprivation Mystery
The organization’s aviators are gathering baseline physiological and cockpit environment data to help figure out what’s choking military fliers.
Navy to Slash Legacy F/A-18 Hornet Fleet To Prop Up Beleaguered USMC Squadrons
The service will use the retired aircraft as parts sources to keep other jets flyable before turning those planes over to the Marines.
Super Hornet Will Compete In Canada’s Fighter Contest As US Navy Funds Conformal Fuel Tanks
A trade dispute may hurt Boeing’s chances of winning, but the project’s so fraught with issues Canada has banned competitors from talking about it.