F/a-18 Hornet In Action - Aircraft Color Series No. 214
by Lou Drendel /
2008 / English / PDF
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The F/A-18 Hornet has become the most common aircraft on the decks
of US aircraft carriers in the history of naval aviation. While the
Super Hornet is a distant relation of the A-D Hornets, they all
trace their roots to the loser of the lightweight fighter
competition of the early 1970s, the Northrop YF-17. However, the
Navy had a requirement for a lightweight fighter to replace the A-7
and F-4 and the US Congress dictated that the Navy choose one of
the lightweight fighter contenders as its new fighter/attack
aircraft. The twin-engine YF-17 had a definite advantage in this
competition; on 2 May 1975, the Navy announced the MDD/Northrop
design as the winner. The new lightweight fighter would be built as
the F-18. More than 100 photographs, color profiles and detailed
line drawings. 52 pages.
The F/A-18 Hornet has become the most common aircraft on the decks
of US aircraft carriers in the history of naval aviation. While the
Super Hornet is a distant relation of the A-D Hornets, they all
trace their roots to the loser of the lightweight fighter
competition of the early 1970s, the Northrop YF-17. However, the
Navy had a requirement for a lightweight fighter to replace the A-7
and F-4 and the US Congress dictated that the Navy choose one of
the lightweight fighter contenders as its new fighter/attack
aircraft. The twin-engine YF-17 had a definite advantage in this
competition; on 2 May 1975, the Navy announced the MDD/Northrop
design as the winner. The new lightweight fighter would be built as
the F-18. More than 100 photographs, color profiles and detailed
line drawings. 52 pages.
