F/A-18 HORNET - American Supersonic Twin Engine Combat Jet Made By McDonnell Douglas. HD Documentary

[@Dronescapes]

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[@chronosschiron]

whats the superhornet is it the same

[@chronosschiron]

never mind The Super Hornet is largely a new aircraft at about 20% larger, 7,000 lb (3,200 kg) heavier empty weight, and 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) heavier maximum weight than the original Hornet. The Super Hornet carries 33% more internal fuel, increasing mission range by 41% and endurance by 50% over the "Legacy" Hornet.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

I grew up loving the F-14, was like 15 when Top Gun came out, it’s always held a sweet spot for me. But the F-18 really is a bad ass aircraft and has had longevity way beyond the 14. It’ll be a sad day when all of these old warbirds are retired and all we have a F-35’s all over. Yea, I know all about the modern needs and capabilities the 35 brings, but it’s just not as slick and sexy as this generation of aircraft. Sorry to all you Fat Amy drivers, it’s just the way it is.

[@varnellhopkinsiii6863]

I felt the same about the f4 and all the rest of the Vietnam Era fighters, especially the 106.

[@hotlanta35]

F35 is too high maintenance, I think planes like the hornet is much better in many ways.

[@jedibusiness789]

I was with first Hornet squadron VFA 125 Powerplant shop. Engine change in 20 minutes because unlike F4 and A7 the Hornet had an accessory mounted gearbox which held the generator, fuel pump, starter control valve and hydraulic pump and driven by a PTO shaft attached to the Engine gearbox. On the A7 and F4 those components were attached to the engine. Had a lot of issues with rubber bladder fuel tanks leaking but we’re resolve. Drop tanks were troublesome but Mac Air built a test rig that allowed us to test tanks and effect repairs. Usually it was the bleed air check valve. Folks need to understand in 1980 we were just starting to train pilots and technicians pushing them into the fleet. Cold War tempo was getting hot and we had the bird that became the backbone of Naval Aviation.

[@Dronescapes]

Thank you for your service M K

[@robertsmall8965]

Hey @jedibusiness789 , I was with VFA 125 Airframes, 83-86. I remember the pre-production birds we first received. Great aircraft!!!

[@Duvstep910]

Interesting fact: if you remove the limiter (like the Canadian demo team does on their hornets) it can actually pull up to 10 Gs

[@airprok8328]

Did not know that! Cool fact. The block 3 will be a beast

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Ouch.

[@icecream_2987]

That’s gotta hard on the body/frame of the acft

[@OleDonKedic]

@@icecream_2987 Exactly why they have G limiters in our fighters. Otherwise you'll rip the airframe to shreds if your body can even handle 9+ Gs

[@S1lverspike]

That’s a great idea if you want to rip bolts and wings off. Even if they don’t come off the stress put on the aircraft greatly shortens it’s service life. The hornet is one of the best high aoa fighters out there and doesn’t really need to pull more than 7.5gs with the aim9x

[@airprok8328]

I love the hornet! Very underrated aircraft and the block 3 were getting soon, will be a beast

[@kellywilson8440]

I was stationed in the very first f-18 squadron on the east coast VFA-131 Wildcats out of NAS Cecil Field fla 1984/1988 , We were attached to CAG-13 onboard the USS Coral Sea and seen the first combat in Libya operation el-dorado canyon , Airlants first and finest sure miss those days good video !

[@xtrmonkey9421]

Best ever. Looks amazing.

[@stevencarr5635]

My father's cousin is a mechanic for the raaf base Edinburgh here in Australia and the fa/18 hornet,is still one of the best fighter jets that was ever made same as the tomcats f/15&f/16

[@samajier2566]

Amazing

[@timpeterson2738]

First jet I ever saw do a hovering stand, at Abbotsford B.C. in 1986 I think. 2 days before the airshow one of the Canadian F 18s came in on the appron slowly pulling his nose up with throttle cut, moved into a vertical stand and then he pivoted around 360 degrees, got some fine pictures!!!! He then throttled up, lowered his nose and slowly flew away. Their were some Russian pilots there one in a 29 and a 27 I think, might have been a 28, can't remember, but one of them talked to the canuck pilot and 1 day after the airshow ended ,he was working out how his bird could do the same stunt, crazy pilots out there.

[@lindseythaemert4053]

Military might not have officially said anything about the f-117 until 1988 but I knew about it in 1982 as a young high school student it was the worst kept secret I had ever seen

[@wjewell63]

Great post .,again..👍

[@Dronescapes]

thank you

[@ZacVaper]

"Ground to Air"...Don't you mean Air to Ground?

[@f4tweet]

Probably the Growler version, wild weasel.

[@section8usmc53]

​@@f4tweet That makes no sense. You're never attacking from the ground to the air in an aircraft. Air to air. Air to ground. Reconnaissance. Electronic warfare. All done from the air, to an air or ground target.

[@ismailucar2608]

SAM. surface to air

[@ZacVaper]

@@ismailucar2608 Has nothing to do with this conversation.

[@trod146]

That's low on the list of dumb things he has said... He keeps calling fighter jets "strike planes"... Calling the F-15C a "strike plane" makes the guy look like a complete tool and I can't listen to anything he says because of that.

[@sammcbride2464]

The US has some skills. I would not want to attack us.

[@kwgm8578]

FA-18. F is for Fighter. A is for Attack. Or, Air/Air and Air/Ground, and not Ground/Air.

[@markv6558]

Hey.... That's Peter Thomas (of Forensic Files) narrating this around 30ish minutes into the program... :)

[@martincalero7390]

For me, the Charlie Hornet is the best version and the top predator in the air.

[@motsielonyane8644]

I'm south African but my favourite country ❤is American

[@Mako2-1]

Best fighter in dcs

[@sammcbride2464]

The hero of this story sounds like the F-117.

[@avd1697]

Fun fact, Northrop makes the aft fuselage for the F-18 E/F/G

[@fishbike9103]

“Mikoyan MIG-29”: Was Mr. Gurevich made the victim of a purge or something?

[@timpeterson2738]

Big thing in Vietnam is there were no spy's able to transmit on the ground info to be used to target manufacturers locations within north Vietnam.

[@leogibney]

Interesting to see the RCAF CF-18 being the thumbnail right next to the American flag 😂

[@palanthis]

Very interesting. Thank you! (Thinking out loud here) I don't understand the production methodology used in docs like these. The script was clearly written by a non-native English speaker, while the narration was done by someone who is a native speaker. And yet the structural and grammatical errors are left in. That's never made sense to me. Like the narrator never said "Hey, this sentence is wrong, it should be ______". Anyway....

[@modelmickey]

Yeah, right from the start I was left wondering how an aircraft managed "ground to air attacks".

[@OpenCarryUSMC]

Not sure why this is titled F18.

[@OpenCarryUSMC]

1986 Ooeration Prairie Fire was the F18’s first combat mission in 1986. Followed by Operation El Dorado Canyon in 1986.

[@motsielonyane8644]

A/F18❤

[@slowneutron6163]

"It saved what is left of my dwindling dignity and relevancy................................no, wait, it didn't."-Tom Cruise

[@dne9394]

@@JackThelRipper they dont have 2 seat versions for filming. and, military less apt to let new tech stealth to be so closely filmed.

[@OpenCarryUSMC]

Note on the C/D (probably the A/B as wel) When unable to carry centerline tank and instead carrying two wing tanks, the bird wanted to fly inverted. I know because I downed centerline capability on one of our birds for failure of the emergency jettison test. It took about a year before they found the issue (a misplaced pin in a cannon plug buried in the front wheel well) and they had to fly dual wing tanks and the pilots weren’t happy. A lot of pressure on me in the quality assurance shop to sign it off because “you’re wrong” but I was later vindicated when they found that miss placed pin. Kind of hard to send the signal when the wire isn’t a proper circuit.

[@OpenCarryUSMC]

Two tours with the F18. First with the A/B, second with the C/D. Aviation Ordnance in the Corps. If you don’t have ordnance, you’re just another unscheduled airliner. Awesome birds and now the E/F lives on, for now.

[@sammcbride2464]

i still have the question....would you rather fly an F-`18 or an F-35? I am thinkking the F-18.

[@OpenCarryUSMC]

The F117 IS NOT properly assigned. It is a ground attack aircraft (this property the A117) but the Air Force wanted to call it a fighter because that’s sexier to military pilots.

[@kcrossley01]

incorrect after 30 sec. your in a fighter. ground to air is not the A. its air to ground.... do the reseach

[@section8usmc53]

30 seconds in and you've already got it backwards? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@sammcbride2464]

Where is the mention of the B1-B? That supersonic bomber had some action in Iraq.

[@harry5112]

Legacy Hornet video..SuperHornet thumbnail 🤔

[@cameronpickard7456]

they gave canada this not the f 15

[@kralikkral5560]

Most underestimated jet - I would give it to Ukraine, if I would be US president. 100 F/A-18 to Ukraine and the Russians would leave Ukraine during 6 months.

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

The "A" does not fucking mean "ground-to-air attack"

[@4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt]

Is this the jet that chased the imaginary tic tac ufo ?

[@DavidPigbody]

Imaginary?

[@Olly1775]

Kind of. That was a F/A-18 Super Hornet, which is an upgraded version of the F/A-18 legacy models. A,B,C,D are the legacy models and the E,F,G are Super Hornets.

[@wjewell63]

Again...great post...👍

[@wjewell63]

Woops wrong place...lol

[@BROKEN-PILOT]

Until you've personally witnessed or perhaps "interacted" with one, or maybe even with an extraterrestrial biological entity, you'll continue to be an inexperienced commenter, thereby lacking anything worth reading.