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Australia Receives Its 72nd F-35 Stealth Fighter
The Royal Australian Air Force received its seventy-second—and probably last—F-35A Lightning stealth fighter jet, completing its fifth-generation fighter jet fleet for the time being.
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Operation Okra cancelled as Department of Defence switches focus to Asia-Pacific
A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet flies over Mosul, Iraq. Almost 3000 air missions were conducted across 10 years of Operation Okra. Picture: FLTLT Trent. Through Operation Okra ...
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Boeing’s big bet on Australia’s MQ-28
The Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat is a crucial part of the airframer's collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) strategy and stands to ...
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The F-35 Fighter Can’t Fly Very Far For All That Cash
1,111 km], slightly surpassing the F/A-18 Super Hornet’s 570 nautical miles for air-to-air missions. However, its reduced payload and reliance on carriers for refueling require carriers to ...
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Super Hornet atomized
Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Colton Howel of Cadiz, atomized an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the Golden ...
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A US Navy missile cruiser shot down a Super Hornet over the Red Sea in an apparent 'friendly fire' incident
An F/A-18 Super Hornet jet was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said in a statement late Saturday. The incident occurred over the Red Sea in the early hours of Sunday ...
'Murder Hornet': The Navy's got a new nickname for the missile-packed F/A-18 fighter jets it flew into the Red Sea fight
The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 ...
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A US Navy missile cruiser shot down a Super Hornet over the Red Sea in an apparent 'friendly fire' incident
An F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said. The incident occurred after the missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly fired on the craft. Both ...
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U.S. Super Hornet Shot Down Over Red Sea in Friendly Fire Incident; Aviators Safe
Sailors prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the ‘Red Rippers’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, to take off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S.
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Super Hornet Incident, Houthi Attacks Help Refine How Surface Force Fights, Say Admirals
Sailors prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the ‘Red Rippers’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, to take off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S.
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US Navy Super Hornet shot down over Red Sea in apparent friendly fire incident
A Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet belonging to the US Navy (USN) has been shot down over the Red Sea during the USA’s military operations against Houthi forces in Yemen. Both aviators onboard were ...
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U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet Shot Down Over Red Sea in 'Friendly Fire' Incident
According to multiple sources, the Boeing-made Super Hornet, assigned to Carrier Air Wing One, was in the skies over the Red Sea when the guided-missile cruiser fired at the aircraft. The squadron ...