Featured in HornetBYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2020ShareWatch This Rafale Fighter Drop Like A Brick During Crazy Approach To A Mountain AirportThe French jet makes an incredibly steep descent before it comes zooming in low and touches down. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 22, 2020ShareBlue Angels And Thunderbirds’ Secretive Plan To Soar Together Over American Cities Confirmed (Updated)Operation America Strong will see the jets, as well as other aircraft, fly over multiple cities to promote “national unity.” BYJoseph TrevithickApr 22, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2020ShareThis Man Owns The World’s Most Advanced Private Air Force After Buying 46 F/A-18 HornetsWe talked to the owner of Air USA about probably the most incredible private aircraft purchase of all time and the future of his adversary business. BYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2020ShareF/A-18 Hornets Blast By “Tiny Little Grumman” Private Plane With Wing-Rocking SaluteThe moment is a great display of the camaraderie among aviators and their near-universal fascination with all of mankind’s flying machines. BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2020ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMar 4, 2020ShareAustralia To Sell Retired F/A-18 Hornet Fighters To Private Aggressor Firm Air USAThe adversary support contractor could get up to 46 of the surplus fighters, giving them one of the most capable private air forces in the world. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMar 4, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2019ShareNavy Super Hornets Hit Big 80 Percent Readiness Goal, But Sustaining It Is Another Question (Updated)Air Force F-16s look set to be the only other U.S. fighter jets to reach this goal, which former Secretary of Defense Mattis laid out last year. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 19, 2019ShareMarines Winding Down Weapon Systems Officer Position, F/A-18Ds To Fly With Pilot OnlyThe long-established Weapon Systems Officer position is in the twilight of its existence within the Marine Corps tactical jet community. BYTyler RogowayJul 19, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareNavy to Slash Legacy F/A-18 Hornet Fleet To Prop Up Beleaguered USMC SquadronsThe service will use the retired aircraft as parts sources to keep other jets flyable before turning those planes over to the Marines. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareFreezing Navy EA-18G Crew In Ice Filled Cockpit Navigated Home Using Their Smart WatchesThe plane made it back to base, but the potentially deadly mishap is the latest spectacular failure for the Growler’s environmental control system. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareSuper Hornet Will Compete In Canada’s Fighter Contest As US Navy Funds Conformal Fuel TanksA 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. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareCanada Gets Desperate After Trade Dispute Upends Super Hornet PlansSpat between Bombardier and Boeing has Canadian officials scrounging abroad for second-hand F/A-18s. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 5, 2019ShareF/A-18 Pilot Gives Virtual Flyers Highly Detailed Explanation Of How To Land On A CarrierThe series of videos is equally as interesting for anyone who just wants to know how exactly real naval aviators pull off the aerial ballet. BYTyler RogowayJun 5, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 8, 2019ShareCanadian Auditors Slam Surplus Aussie Hornet Buy, Describe Fighter Force In CollapseThe watchdog says that buying old jets won’t make up for a worrying lack pilots and maintainers to support the jets Canada has now. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 8, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2019ShareNavy’s Trash Is NASA’s Treasure As Surplus F/A-18Bs Begin Arriving At Armstrong Flight Test CenterEven older jets could help bolster the organization’s ability to conduct important aviation research. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 8, 2019ShareBlue Angels To Get 18 Early Production Super Hornets And Revised Routine For 2021 SeasonThe Blue Angels’ Super Hornet routine will be shorter and its maneuvers modified to reduce airframe fatigue and increase safety. BYTyler RogowayMar 8, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2019ShareYou’ve Never Seen Photos Of Low Flying Military Planes As Up Close And Personal As ThisPhotographer Don Jackson Wyatt doesn’t just snap planes flying through a valley, he zooms in and captures every rivet and paint chip, too. BYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 2, 2019ShareSpain To Pit Its Eurofighters Against France’s Stealth Unmanned Combat Air VehicleThe trials will show how well, or not, the fighter’s sensors can spot the drone, which could impact various air combat developments in both countries. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 2, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2018ShareRAAF Hornet Escorts Pull Off Jaw-Dropping Overhead Break To Welcome Home First Aussie F-35AsRegardless of how the RAAF ends of leveraging the F-35’s special talents, you have to hand it to them, they sure know how to make an entrance! BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018ShareThe Best Videos Of Hornets Executing A Moving Missing Man Formation For Bush’s FuneralMajor networks missed the most dramatic part of the flyover, but thankfully onlookers didn’t. BYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018ShareMarine F/A-18 And KC-130 Collide During Refueling Sending Both Into Waters Off Japan (Updated)The aircraft were on a routine training mission out of MCAS Iwakuni, which is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. BYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 4, 2018ShareEurofighter Consortium 2.0 Takes Shape As Spain Set To Join Franco-German Stealth Jet ProgramThe Spanish Ministry of Defense also says the Italians and the Dutch have joined the United Kingdom’s Tempest program. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 4, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2018ShareReadiness Of Navy And Marine Aircraft And Crews Is Improving, But It’s Still Pretty DismalAfter enduring years of sequester and dubious funding priorities, Navy and USMC flying communities are slowly digging out of a deep, dark hole. BYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 20, 2018ShareNASA Puts Its F/A-18s and F-15s To Work To Help Solve Pilot Oxygen Deprivation MysteryThe organization’s aviators are gathering baseline physiological and cockpit environment data to help figure out what’s choking military fliers. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 20, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2018ShareThe USMC’s F/A-18 Hornets Are Getting New Jamming-Resistant GPS GearThe updated antennas and electronics will help keep the jets combat capable in the face of increasingly common electronic warfare attacks. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 24, 2018ShareU.S. Navy Pilot Pronounced Dead In A-29 Super Tucano Crash At White Sands Missile RangeNaval Aviator Lt. Christopher Casey Short perished as a result of the incident. BYTyler RogowayJun 24, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2018ShareDetailed Official Report On Harrowing Encounter Between F/A-18s and UFO SurfacesThe paper recounts a course of bizarre events that occurred near the USS Nimitz while it was sailing off the Baja Peninsula in November 2004. BYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 8, 2018ShareF/A-18E Pilot Had Hypoxia Symptoms After Diversion To Incirlik Air Base During Syria MissionThe event is part of a long list of mysterious physiological incidents that have plagued the Pentagon’s tactical aviation and training communities. BYTyler RogowayMay 8, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 14, 2018ShareNavy F/A-18 Legacy Hornets Have Taken Their Last Cruise Aboard A U.S. Aircraft Carrier33 years after the F/A-18’s first cruise, the Navy’s Legacy Hornet fleet has made its last scheduled deployment aboard a carrier. BYTyler RogowayApr 14, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 2, 2018Share‘Like Playing a Video Game’: Carrier Crew Flies Hornet Through Touch-and-Gos RemotelyThe aptly named ATARI system could help out during emergencies and other contingencies and might be important for future carrier drone operations. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 2, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 21, 2018ShareThe Best Of The USMC’s Aging F/A-18 Hornets To Receive Lethal Radar UpgradeThe upgrade represents a massive boost in combat capability for the USMC’s healthiest legacy Hornets. BYTyler RogowayMar 21, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 11, 2018ShareThis Cockpit Video Of The Blue Angels Flying Just Inches Apart In Formation Is NutsWith the 2018 season having just kicked off at NAF El Centro this weekend, this crazy video is a refresher on the amazing flying the team pulls off. BYTyler RogowayMar 11, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 9, 2017ShareHow Sly RAF Tornado Crews Repeatedly Killed U.S. Navy F-14s And F/A-18s In TrainingThe Tornado ADV couldn’t turn and burn with high-performance fighters of the era, but it could still clean their clocks using creative tactics. BYTyler RogowayDec 9, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 13, 2017ShareIt’s Official, Canada Pens Formal Letter Of Interest For Surplus Aussie F/A-18 HornetsOttawa has few other options but to procure the second-hand jets to bolster the RCAF’s rapidly aging CF-18 fleet. BYTyler RogowayOct 13, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 13, 2017ShareNow That The F-35A Is Also Having Oxygen Issues A Solution Is More LikelyThe issue is now affecting the Air Force’s “golden goose” which is good news for the Navy’s F/A-18s and T-45s. BYTyler RogowayJun 13, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 16, 2017ShareEA-18G Growler Crew Saved By Portland-Based PJs After Canopy ExplosionThe right people at the right time save a crew’s life. BYTyler RogowayJan 16, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2016ShareUS Navy Adversary Hornet Emerges Wearing Russia’s Latest Combat Jet SchemeOne of VFC-12’s Hornets has been spotted in the charcoal and blue paint scheme made famous by Russia’s Su-34 Fullback. BYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2016Share12
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2020ShareWatch This Rafale Fighter Drop Like A Brick During Crazy Approach To A Mountain AirportThe French jet makes an incredibly steep descent before it comes zooming in low and touches down. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 24, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 22, 2020ShareBlue Angels And Thunderbirds’ Secretive Plan To Soar Together Over American Cities Confirmed (Updated)Operation America Strong will see the jets, as well as other aircraft, fly over multiple cities to promote “national unity.” BYJoseph TrevithickApr 22, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2020ShareThis Man Owns The World’s Most Advanced Private Air Force After Buying 46 F/A-18 HornetsWe talked to the owner of Air USA about probably the most incredible private aircraft purchase of all time and the future of his adversary business. BYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2020ShareF/A-18 Hornets Blast By “Tiny Little Grumman” Private Plane With Wing-Rocking SaluteThe moment is a great display of the camaraderie among aviators and their near-universal fascination with all of mankind’s flying machines. BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2020Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMar 4, 2020ShareAustralia To Sell Retired F/A-18 Hornet Fighters To Private Aggressor Firm Air USAThe adversary support contractor could get up to 46 of the surplus fighters, giving them one of the most capable private air forces in the world. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMar 4, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2019ShareNavy Super Hornets Hit Big 80 Percent Readiness Goal, But Sustaining It Is Another Question (Updated)Air Force F-16s look set to be the only other U.S. fighter jets to reach this goal, which former Secretary of Defense Mattis laid out last year. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 25, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 19, 2019ShareMarines Winding Down Weapon Systems Officer Position, F/A-18Ds To Fly With Pilot OnlyThe long-established Weapon Systems Officer position is in the twilight of its existence within the Marine Corps tactical jet community. BYTyler RogowayJul 19, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareNavy to Slash Legacy F/A-18 Hornet Fleet To Prop Up Beleaguered USMC SquadronsThe service will use the retired aircraft as parts sources to keep other jets flyable before turning those planes over to the Marines. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareFreezing Navy EA-18G Crew In Ice Filled Cockpit Navigated Home Using Their Smart WatchesThe plane made it back to base, but the potentially deadly mishap is the latest spectacular failure for the Growler’s environmental control system. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareSuper Hornet Will Compete In Canada’s Fighter Contest As US Navy Funds Conformal Fuel TanksA 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. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareCanada Gets Desperate After Trade Dispute Upends Super Hornet PlansSpat between Bombardier and Boeing has Canadian officials scrounging abroad for second-hand F/A-18s. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 5, 2019ShareF/A-18 Pilot Gives Virtual Flyers Highly Detailed Explanation Of How To Land On A CarrierThe series of videos is equally as interesting for anyone who just wants to know how exactly real naval aviators pull off the aerial ballet. BYTyler RogowayJun 5, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 8, 2019ShareCanadian Auditors Slam Surplus Aussie Hornet Buy, Describe Fighter Force In CollapseThe watchdog says that buying old jets won’t make up for a worrying lack pilots and maintainers to support the jets Canada has now. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 8, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2019ShareNavy’s Trash Is NASA’s Treasure As Surplus F/A-18Bs Begin Arriving At Armstrong Flight Test CenterEven older jets could help bolster the organization’s ability to conduct important aviation research. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 8, 2019ShareBlue Angels To Get 18 Early Production Super Hornets And Revised Routine For 2021 SeasonThe Blue Angels’ Super Hornet routine will be shorter and its maneuvers modified to reduce airframe fatigue and increase safety. BYTyler RogowayMar 8, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2019ShareYou’ve Never Seen Photos Of Low Flying Military Planes As Up Close And Personal As ThisPhotographer Don Jackson Wyatt doesn’t just snap planes flying through a valley, he zooms in and captures every rivet and paint chip, too. BYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 2, 2019ShareSpain To Pit Its Eurofighters Against France’s Stealth Unmanned Combat Air VehicleThe trials will show how well, or not, the fighter’s sensors can spot the drone, which could impact various air combat developments in both countries. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 2, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2018ShareRAAF Hornet Escorts Pull Off Jaw-Dropping Overhead Break To Welcome Home First Aussie F-35AsRegardless of how the RAAF ends of leveraging the F-35’s special talents, you have to hand it to them, they sure know how to make an entrance! BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018ShareThe Best Videos Of Hornets Executing A Moving Missing Man Formation For Bush’s FuneralMajor networks missed the most dramatic part of the flyover, but thankfully onlookers didn’t. BYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018ShareMarine F/A-18 And KC-130 Collide During Refueling Sending Both Into Waters Off Japan (Updated)The aircraft were on a routine training mission out of MCAS Iwakuni, which is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. BYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 4, 2018ShareEurofighter Consortium 2.0 Takes Shape As Spain Set To Join Franco-German Stealth Jet ProgramThe Spanish Ministry of Defense also says the Italians and the Dutch have joined the United Kingdom’s Tempest program. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 4, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2018ShareReadiness Of Navy And Marine Aircraft And Crews Is Improving, But It’s Still Pretty DismalAfter enduring years of sequester and dubious funding priorities, Navy and USMC flying communities are slowly digging out of a deep, dark hole. BYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 20, 2018ShareNASA Puts Its F/A-18s and F-15s To Work To Help Solve Pilot Oxygen Deprivation MysteryThe organization’s aviators are gathering baseline physiological and cockpit environment data to help figure out what’s choking military fliers. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 20, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2018ShareThe USMC’s F/A-18 Hornets Are Getting New Jamming-Resistant GPS GearThe updated antennas and electronics will help keep the jets combat capable in the face of increasingly common electronic warfare attacks. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 24, 2018ShareU.S. Navy Pilot Pronounced Dead In A-29 Super Tucano Crash At White Sands Missile RangeNaval Aviator Lt. Christopher Casey Short perished as a result of the incident. BYTyler RogowayJun 24, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2018ShareDetailed Official Report On Harrowing Encounter Between F/A-18s and UFO SurfacesThe paper recounts a course of bizarre events that occurred near the USS Nimitz while it was sailing off the Baja Peninsula in November 2004. BYTyler RogowayMay 22, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 8, 2018ShareF/A-18E Pilot Had Hypoxia Symptoms After Diversion To Incirlik Air Base During Syria MissionThe event is part of a long list of mysterious physiological incidents that have plagued the Pentagon’s tactical aviation and training communities. BYTyler RogowayMay 8, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 14, 2018ShareNavy F/A-18 Legacy Hornets Have Taken Their Last Cruise Aboard A U.S. Aircraft Carrier33 years after the F/A-18’s first cruise, the Navy’s Legacy Hornet fleet has made its last scheduled deployment aboard a carrier. BYTyler RogowayApr 14, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 2, 2018Share‘Like Playing a Video Game’: Carrier Crew Flies Hornet Through Touch-and-Gos RemotelyThe aptly named ATARI system could help out during emergencies and other contingencies and might be important for future carrier drone operations. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 2, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 21, 2018ShareThe Best Of The USMC’s Aging F/A-18 Hornets To Receive Lethal Radar UpgradeThe upgrade represents a massive boost in combat capability for the USMC’s healthiest legacy Hornets. BYTyler RogowayMar 21, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 11, 2018ShareThis Cockpit Video Of The Blue Angels Flying Just Inches Apart In Formation Is NutsWith the 2018 season having just kicked off at NAF El Centro this weekend, this crazy video is a refresher on the amazing flying the team pulls off. BYTyler RogowayMar 11, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 9, 2017ShareHow Sly RAF Tornado Crews Repeatedly Killed U.S. Navy F-14s And F/A-18s In TrainingThe Tornado ADV couldn’t turn and burn with high-performance fighters of the era, but it could still clean their clocks using creative tactics. BYTyler RogowayDec 9, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 13, 2017ShareIt’s Official, Canada Pens Formal Letter Of Interest For Surplus Aussie F/A-18 HornetsOttawa has few other options but to procure the second-hand jets to bolster the RCAF’s rapidly aging CF-18 fleet. BYTyler RogowayOct 13, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 13, 2017ShareNow That The F-35A Is Also Having Oxygen Issues A Solution Is More LikelyThe issue is now affecting the Air Force’s “golden goose” which is good news for the Navy’s F/A-18s and T-45s. BYTyler RogowayJun 13, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 16, 2017ShareEA-18G Growler Crew Saved By Portland-Based PJs After Canopy ExplosionThe right people at the right time save a crew’s life. BYTyler RogowayJan 16, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2016ShareUS Navy Adversary Hornet Emerges Wearing Russia’s Latest Combat Jet SchemeOne of VFC-12’s Hornets has been spotted in the charcoal and blue paint scheme made famous by Russia’s Su-34 Fullback. BYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2016Share