The F/A-18 Hornet replaced the venerable F-14 Tomcat in the Navy's fighter line-up, as well as replacing the A-6 Intruder and the A-7 Corsair II as an attack aircraft.
This one is in the livery of VMFA-142, a Marine squadron with a legacy back to the Second World War, participating in the Guadalcanal campaign. The squadron was inactivated in July 2008.
The F-18 has served with the US Navy, US Marines and a number of foreign countries including Australia, Canada, Finland, Kuwait. Malaysia, Spain, and Switzerland. The F-18 A-D series has now been replaced in US Navy front-line combat squadrons by the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets and the F-35. The Blue Angels have also turned in their F/A-18s for the Super Hornets.
2 comments:
And the Marines are STILL flying some C models... Bet that one has been stripped of ALL usable parts!
Old NFO: It was Murphy-proofed so no way to know but I bet you;re right. The Marines do tend to make do, don't they?
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