An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad M. Trudeau/Released) The US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet crashed into the Philippine …
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The first Super Hornet for the U.S. Navys Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron sits on the flight ramp at Boeings Cecil Field facility in Jacksonville, Florida. The validation and verification aircraft will not be painted in the familiar blue and yellow paint scheme until flight testing is complete. (Boeing photo) …
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Shocking videos have emerged on social media that show a U.S. Navy F-35C Joint Strike Fighter being launched off on an American supercarrier at what appears to be the minimum catapult power required for making it into the air successfully. Shared by Instagram user RCAF_Pilot, the two clips depict the …
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A Russian Su-35 alongside a US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft Tuesday. US Navy Two Russian Su-35 fighter jets “unsafely” intercepted a US Navy P-8A Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, US Naval Forces Europe-Africa/US 6th Fleet said in a statement. The U.S. Navy P-8A was …
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A US Navy single-seat F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the ‘Vigilantes’ of Strike Fighter Squadron 151 (VFA-151) based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, Calif., crashed on Jul. 31, 2019 in the morning at approximately 10 a.m. PST, east of Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake, California. Navy F/A-18E …
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A U.S. flag in the cockpit of an FA-18F Super Hornet from the “Black Aces” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 during a break in support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Daniel Hilligrass/Released) After more than eight years of dormancy on the flight line, F/A-18F …
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F/A-18A Hornets assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels. (Photo by: Seaman Benjamin Crossley) A video posted online seems to show drones flew dangerously close to the six U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets jets as they performed an “America Strong” flyover in Detroit on May …
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Blue Angels F-18 Hornet No. 7 sits in the hangar at the 134th Air Refueling Wing, McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., during inclement weather. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Kendra M. Owenby, 134th ARW Public Affairs) U.S. Navy Blue Angels are about to transition from …
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The Thunderbirds Delta formation performs a flat pass of New York City while flying over the Hudson River, Sept. 17, 2018. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Ned T. Johnston) If you live in the New York City or Philadelphia area, you might see—or hear—fighter jets tearing through the …
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The U.S. Navy has officially releases declassified three now-infamous videos that pilots flying F/A-18 Hornets shot of unidentified flying objects, also referred to as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), on separate occasions in 2004 and 2015. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense has authorized the release of three unclassified Navy …
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