Navy started the Naval Fighter-Attack, Experimental ( VFAX) program to procure a multirole aircraft to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, the A-7 Corsair II, and the remaining McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs, and to complement the F-14 Tomcat. YF-16 and YF-17 prototypes being tested by the U.S. The F/A-18 Hornet served as the baseline for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, its larger, evolutionary redesign. The Hornet first saw combat action during the 1986 United States bombing of Libya and subsequently participated in the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War.
Its versatility and reliability have proven it to be a valuable carrier asset, though it has been criticized for its lack of range and payload compared to its earlier contemporaries, such as the Grumman F-14 Tomcat in the fighter and strike fighter role, and the Grumman A-6 Intruder and LTV A-7 Corsair II in the attack role. The aircraft can perform fighter escort, fleet air defense, suppression of enemy air defenses, air interdiction, close air support, and aerial reconnaissance. The F/A-18 was designed to be a highly versatile aircraft due to its avionics, cockpit displays, and excellent aerodynamic characteristics, with the ability to carry a wide variety of weapons. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. The Hornet is also used by the air forces of several other nations, and formerly, by the U.S. Designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing) and Northrop (now part of Northrop Grumman), the F/A-18 was derived from the latter's YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and Marine Corps. If you enjoy it, please share it with friends and colleagues.The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, all-weather, carrier-capable, multirole combat jet, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation).
In this video below, “What Are They Doing? Navy F/A-18 Pilot Breaks Down Day Carrier Landings” a pilot describes from experience what is happening during a daytime carrier landing.Įnjoy this #JetFriday video and have a great Friday! See all our Jet Friday posts. The Fighter Pilot Podcast shares a couple of videos that do just that. How many actions are the pilots conducting simultaneously while also focusing on situational awareness of everything outside the cockpit? It’s normally high definition views of low-flying high speed passes across a beautiful landscape or watching a pilot line up their aircraft behind an aircraft carrier and slamming onto the deck.īut if you had an experienced pilot break down a flight – describe what the pilot is thinking and doing as they approach their objective, that could be entertaining AND very informative. Cockpit videos could be easy to follow along without editorials describing what is taking place.
Most often when you see a cockpit view video, someone has covered over the fighter jet’s sounds with music, or, if you are lucky, you may hear the sounds of the aircraft and pilot. Just a few of our favorites you may have seen embedded on our website in the past include Jet Friday: An F-18 Screaming Through Downtown Chicago, Jet Friday: Video of Extreme Low Flying of F-5 Tiger II Over Norway, C-2 Greyhound Pilot Highly Focused During Carrier Landing – Split View, and Australia’s Beautiful Landscapes From an F-18 Cockpit – RAAF Hornet Ball 2020. Even we are guilty of overindulging in sharing exhilarating cockpit footage. There are many cockpit videos of jet aircraft performing missions, like destroying a moving ground target, evading a SAM in an F-16, or flying in tight formation as part of the Blue Angels demonstration team.
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