The upcoming F/A-XX contract award will signal the beginning of the end for the fighter that has served as the Navy’s workhorse for decades, the F/A-18 Hornet. While the F/A-18 has enjoyed a ...

Lockheed Martin is pivoting to upgrade the F-35 after losing major sixth-generation fighter jet contracts. It promises near-NGAD capabilities at half the cost.

The U.S. Navy uses its 3,700-strong air force for many tasks, including reconnaissance, combat against air and ground targets ...

A fighter aircraft McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet of the Spanish Air Force crosses the full moon known as the "Pink Moon", ...

The U.S. Navy’s premiere Flight Demonstration Team, the “Blue Angels”, are stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, and fly the McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 “Hornet” strike fighter.

The F/A-18 Hornet replaced the F-4 Phantom II fighter and A-7 Corsair II light attack jet, and also replaced the A-6 Intruder as these aircraft were retired during the 1990s. This part looks back at ...

Boeing was the company name when the Super Hornet, a radical reworking of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (originally a Northrop design), first flew as a McDonnell Douglas aircraft but was ...