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F-14 and F/A-18 pilot prefers Tomcat in combat, and Hornet in peacetime
The Tomcat
Advancements during the Cold War in Soviet long-range patrol and bomber aircraft dictated a requirement for a fleet defense fighter that could engage...
The F-4 Phantom II that outran an F/A-18 Hornet and zoomed at 82,125 feet per minute
‘The Phantom was one of those planes where it seemed the faster it went, the faster it wanted to go, and the Hornet was...
The first air-to-ground missions ever flown by US Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jets
‘The F-14s dropped while the F/A-18s lased. We egressed the target area having achieved absolutely superb results from direct hits, and there were impressive...
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...