A defense official confirmed an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet crashed into the sea while attempting to land on the carrier on May 6. The pilots ejected and suffered minor injuries. On April 28 ...

The F/A-18 Hornet has long been one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful all-weather, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft. The F/A-18 entered active service in 1983 for the U.S. Marine Corps ...

The McDonnell-Douglas FA-18 Hornet entered service in the 1980s as a twin-engine multi-role fighter (thus having both the ‘Fighter’ and ‘Attack’ designation in its name) for both U.S. Navy ...