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Description
| Notes: Light-weight, mid-wing, supersonic carrier-based fighter with twin vertical stabilizers (1 CREW) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | McDonnell-Douglas | |
| Base model: | F-18 | |
| Designation: | F-18 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | HORNET | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | |
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | |
| Basic role: | Fighter | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Operators (Past and Present)
| USN | VAQ-34 | Lemoore | CA |
| USN | VFA-15 | Cecil Field | FL |
| USN | VFA-82 | Cecil Field | FL |
| USN | VFA-86 | Cecil Field | FL |
| USN | VFA-87 | Cecil Field | FL |
| USN | VFA-106 | Cecil Field | FL |
| USN | VFA-125 | Lemoore | CA |
| USN | VFA-137 | Cecil Field | FL |
| USN | VFA-203 | Cecil Field | FL |
| USN | VFA-204 | New Orleans | LA |
| USN | VFA-303 | Lemoore | CA |
| USN | VFA-305 | Point Mugu | CA |
| USMC | VMFA-112 | Dallas | TX |
| USMC | VMFA-115 | MCAS Beaufort | SC |
| USMC | VMFA-122 | Beaufort | SC |
| USMC | VMFA-134 | El Toro | CA |
| USMC | VMFA-142 | Cecil Field | FL |
| USMC | VMFA-251 | Beaufort | SC |
| USMC | VMFA-312 | Beaufort | SC |
| USMC | VMFA-314 | El Toro | CA |
| USMC | VMFA-321 | Washington | DC |
| USMC | VMFA-323 | EI Toro | CA |
| USMC | VMFA-333 | Beaufort | SC |
| USMC | VMFA-531 | EI Toro | CA |
| USMC | VMFAT-101 | El Toro | CA |
| USN | VX-4 | Point Mugu | CA |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Aviation Heritage Park | NAS Oceana | Virginia |
| MCAS El Toro Historical Foundation | Irvine | California |
| NAS Cecil Field | Cecil Field | Florida |
| NAS Fallon | Fallon | Nevada |
| NAS Ft. Worth Joint Reserve Base | Ft. Worth | Texas |
| NAS New Orleans Joint Reserve Base | New Orleans | Louisiana |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| Patuxent River Naval Air Museum | Patuxent River | Maryland |
FA-18A on display
Aviation Heritage Park | NAS Fallon | National Museum of Naval Aviation | Naval Air Warfare Center |
Recent comments by our visitors
| CJD WANTED REWARD!, CA | I worked on the F/A-18 at Northrop El Segundo. I had a Lucite, paperweight thing with a chip or scrap from the milling of the first part of the first F/A-18, well about 6 mos ago I went to visit a friend at Hawthorne Northrop Grumman plant and left it for 2 mins and came back and someone had stole it!
If you know anyone who might have one to buy, sell, trade please let me know! Thanks I collect these from other aircraft as well, and might be interested, but the F/A-18 really holds the place in my history...thanks! WANTED Lucite / Acrylic/ Perspex Paperweights WANTED Lucite / Acrylic/ Perspex Paperweights mainly aviation related....many may say they have a “First Chip” in example “ First Chip from the milling process of the YF-23” or F-16 or something like that, many are from planes, missiles etc… Some examples. McDonnell Douglas C-17 Production Shaving Lucite Paperweight, First F-22 Production Chip Lucite in the shape of the state of Georgia, containing production chip / shaving any project! See link for photos Another type are made from metals, materials & alloys used in the aircraft's manufacture they have “this is a example of the aluminum alloy used in making the B-52, they are about the size of a pack of cigarettes, see link to photos REMEMBER-I pay a finders fee; please pass this around to anyone who may be able to help… Thanks from Charles! To see the photo examples: copy and paste the web address below into your browser's web address bar: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bacchusd@pacbell.net/album?dir=/cbed&.src=ph&.tok=phuE 01/25/2006 @ 20:09 [ref: 12307] |
| tyler adkins hilliard, OH | I think the F-18A Hornet is a very high performance air-craft, it is also very manuverable air-craft. I would like you to e-mail me the fallowing information: maximum/minimum weght, maximum service ceiling, maximum speed, maximum G, and maximum range. please give me the correct answers. 06/26/2004 @ 23:14 [ref: 7703] |
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