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A former US Navy F/A-18 pilot explains why he had the most pleasure flying the A-4 Skyhawk over the Hornet
‘I will say this—and I know a lot of other Navy guys that would say the same thing—my fun meter was probably most pegged...
The F-4 pilot that outran an F/A-18 Hornet and zoomed in at 82,125 feet per minute
‘When the Hornet maxed out at Mach 1.6 (didn’t make its max), I was approaching Mach 2 and closing rapidly,’ Travis Brannon former F-4...
The naval officer who created TOPGUN, retired captain Dan Pedersen, flies a Blue Angels F/A-18 Super Hornet
Capt. Brian Kesselring, a former TOPGUN instructor himself and now flight leader and commanding officer of the Blue Angels, had the honor of taking...
A-6 Intruder and F/A-18 Legacy Hornet are like a ’65 Ford F-100 and a ’84 Pontiac Fiero
‘I’m tremendously thankful to have flown both and while the Hornet got me in and out of combat, I’ll always have a special place...
F-14 RIO explains why F/A-18 is better in some missions but useless against China
‘As for which would have been a better air-to-air platform, it depends on what specific mission profiles you’re talking about, and which version of...