A U.S. military aircraft crashed overnight near San Diego's Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, leaving a Marine Corps pilot dead, officials confirmed Friday. A military spokesman told Fox News that the ...

Marine with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 224, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares to launch an F/A-18 Hornet at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, June 27, 2023. Marine Corps ...

The crash happened near Interstate 15 early Friday morning, authorities said. The pilot of an F-18D Hornet jet that crashed near San Diego early Friday morning has died, according to a U.S. defense ...

Northrop’s YF-17 “Cobra” lost the U.S. Air Force’s 1970s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, but it went on to ...

A Navy pilot was rescued from the waters off Virginia on Wednesday after an F/A-18 Super Hornet went down during a routine training flight. The crash happened around 10 a.m. ET, according to Lt.

Whenever the United States military fields new equipment, it tends to go through various refits and upgrades over time. Instead of outright replacing the M-16 during the Vietnam War, the Army switched ...

In March 2024, the Navy secured a deal that would acquire 17 Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets from Boeing for a grand total $1.1 billion. This purchase will give the Navy 12 F/A-18F and five F/A-18E on ...

Again, an F-18 Hornet from the USS Harry Truman in the Persian Gulf, apparently accidentally dropping a 500-pound bomb in an area where that bomb wasn't supposed to go. All of these observers were out ...

Round about 17 years ago, aviation fans across the web hailed the retirement of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat as one of the worst tactical decisions the U.S. Navy's made in decades. This was doubly so.

The Marine Corps first identified the need for such systems on its F/A-18A-D fleet after the Air Force fielded an Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) on F-16s starting in 2014, and ...

This November will mark the 30th anniversary of the maiden flight of the F/A-18 Super Hornet. Reports indicate that the United States Navy could still award a contract for the F/A-XX later this year, ...