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THE US Air Force has surged more than 40 extra jets into the UK and Europe – including stealth fighter bombers and air to air ...
The Department of State has approved the possible foreign military sale of F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jets and EA-18G ...
The final member of the Grumman cat family, the F-14 Tomcat, with its signature variable-geometry wings and twin-engine ...
AMERICA will unleash its B-52 bombers on Iran if it accelerates its nuclear scheme to create an atomic weapon, an ex-Mossad chief has warned. It comes amid growing fears Tehran’s furious ...
Carrier Strike Group 8 lost 3 F/A-18 Super Hornets while at sea, totaling $180 million. One of those jets was shot down by USS Gettysburg in December in what the Navy called a “friendly-fire ...
Though the World War II veteran Essex-class carrier was decommissioned well before the F-18 Hornet made its first flight, the USS Hornet (CV-12) will now provide a home for a Hornet that gained ...
VIRGINIA BEACH — A long, eventful deployment reached the finish line Friday as the F/A-18s from the carrier Harry S. Truman flew in formation over Virginia Beach, as the crews’ loved ones waited ...
Last February, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group launched massive attack into Somalia in response to growing IS threat.
The aircraft carrier suffered structural damage, and its commanding officer was relieved of duty. The strike group also saw the loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornets during this deployment.
Truman launched 27 F/A-18 Super Hornets as part of a coordinated ... involved multiple aircraft carriers and air wings, which would fly joint missions, said the defense official.
Truman lost three F/A-18 Super Hornets during this deployment and collided with a merchant ship near near Port Said, Egypt, in February. The Navy relieved the carrier’s commanding officer due ...