F 18 Navy Air Combat Fighter

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Hornet

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Author : Orr Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-06-24

Hornet written by Orr Kelly and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-24 with History categories.

The fascinating true story of the controversial development and deployment of the supersonic fighter jet that changed aerial warfare forever The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet was born in 1978, a state-of-the-art supersonic fighter and attack aircraft with a top speed of Mach 1.8, more than one thousand miles per hour. It was versatile, fast, and reliable, and no war machine in the air could match it. The marines adopted it first, followed by the navy, impressed by its incomparable ability to engage in close aerial combat while at the same time efficiently delivering explosive payloads to designated enemy targets. It became the aircraft of choice for the US Navy’s famous Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron in 1986 and served ably in combat from its first mission—America’s launched air strike against Libya that same year—through 1991’s Operation Desert Storm and well beyond. Yet the Hornet has always been shrouded in controversy, and while still in its planning stages, it sparked an unprecedented political battle that nearly doomed the miraculous machine before it could take flight. Orr Kelly, the acclaimed military author who has notably chronicled the remarkable histories of the US Navy SEALs and other branches of America’s Special Forces, tells the fascinating true story of the F/A-18 Hornet—how it came to be, how it almost wasn’t, and how it forever altered the way our nation’s wars are fought.

Mcdonnell Douglas F A 18 Hornet And Super Hornet

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Author : Steve Davies
language : en
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
Release Date : 2017-03-01

Mcdonnell Douglas F A 18 Hornet And Super Hornet written by Steve Davies and has been published by Haynes Publishing UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-01 with Transportation categories.

The US-designed and built McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is one of the most important Fourth Generation fighters in the world. Its twin-engine, twin-tails (canted outwards), and leading edge root extensions make it one of the most recognizable fighters in operation. The latest version is the enlarged Super Hornet. It was controversial in being chosen as the replacement for the much loved F-14 Tomcat, but the truth is that it is a potent and fearsome fighter that boasts one of the most capable radars in service and a weapons loadout that takes full advantage of it. The Super Hornet currently performs the bulk of the Western world's airstrikes on the nefarious terrorist group 'ISIS' in Iraq and Syria. Developed initially by Northrop as the P-530 Cobra in response to the US Air Force's Light Weight Fighter competition (winner: the General Dynamics F-16), the Hornet had a troubled start in life. Designated the YF-17 for the LWF fly-off in 1974, it failed to impress the Air Force. However, contractor McDonnell Douglas stepped in confident that it could be improved sufficiently to make it a contender for the US Navy's new fighter competition. McAir, as was often the case, were right. Re-designed and re-designated the F/A-18 (fighter/attack), it won the competition and entered service with the US Navy as a carrier-borne, multi-role fighter, marking the beginning of the Hornet's journey from Air Force 'reject' to 'king' of the US Navy's Fleet Defenders

The Pentagon Paradox

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Author : James Perry Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1993

The Pentagon Paradox written by James Perry Stevenson and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.

Did the U.S. Navy avoid Congress's explicit direction to "navalize" the winning design in a flyoff competition - by lying to Congress with the argument that the winner was not carrier capable - and then develop the losing aircraft into an even worse fighter for its carrier squadrons? To find the answer James Stevenson, an experienced aviation writer, dug through government files and interviewed key players to present this hard-hitting, behind-the-scenes account of the development of one of the Navy's current front-line aircraft. His investigation exposes the politics of Pentagon weapons procurement, a process that pits service against service, the military against Congress, admirals against generals, pilots against engineers, hard liners against reformers. This book provides a developmental history of the F-18 Hornet from drawing board to its results in Desert Storm. It is the story of a multi-billion-dollar aircraft-design war between those military officers who insist that America's interests will be protected best by sophisticated aircraft, even if America can afford fewer of them, and a group known as the "Fighter Mafia", who claim that larger numbers have always won in warfare and that for equal dollars America can only produce greater numbers if each one is less sophisticated. He shows that by picking the YF-17 - and renaming the F-17 as the F-18 - over the clearly superior YF-16, the Navy antagonized the Air Force, Congress, and its own F-14 community, and sparked a major legal battle. Undeterred, the Navy took the light, cheap YF-17 and loaded it with technology and weight, which produced an F-18 that has less maneuverability, less acceleration, a range no better than the1952-vintage A-4, and costs almost three times as much as the F-16. From its first flight in 1978, the F-18 performance continued to degrade. Nevertheless, in 1992 the Navy asked for additional money to modify the F-18 as the F-18E/F. This request was in reality funding for a brand-new aircraft, which Stevenson calls the F-19, designed to get back to the original requirements and help bail out the financially troubled McDonnell Douglas. In this highly readable study, Stevenson takes the reader into the Pentagon's corridors of power, where test results are distorted, history rewritten, and requirements changed to match aircraft performance, and the public's trust and treasure squandered. Fascinating yet sobering, The Pentagon Paradox will appeal to everyone interested in the military establishment, the future of U.S. forces, and how tax dollars are spent.

The Air Forces Book Of The F A 18 Hornet

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Author : Tim Senior
language : en
Publisher: Zenith Press
Release Date : 2003

The Air Forces Book Of The F A 18 Hornet written by Tim Senior and has been published by Zenith Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Airplanes categories.

The F/A-18 Hornet has been in service over 20 years and has developed into and effective multi-role combat aircraft. With its array of weapon options the Hornet is capable of engaging targets on land, sea, and in the air and its ability to "swing-role" from one target type to another is impressive. The aircraft is in service with a number of air arms worldwide in both carrier-based and land-based variants.

The F A 18 Hornet

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Author : David Seidman
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2002-12-15

The F A 18 Hornet written by David Seidman and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

Discusses the history of the F/A-18C Hornet jet fighter plane and its use in various missions in battle, from the Vietnamese Conflict to the war against terrorism in Afghanistan.

F 18 Navy Air Combat Fighter

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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975

F 18 Navy Air Combat Fighter written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Fighter planes categories.

F 18 Navy Air Combat Fighter Fiscal Year 1976 Special Hearing Before 94 1

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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975

F 18 Navy Air Combat Fighter Fiscal Year 1976 Special Hearing Before 94 1 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.

Jane S How To Fly And Fight In The F A 18 Hornet

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Author : David C. Isby
language : en
Publisher: HarperResource
Release Date : 1997

Jane S How To Fly And Fight In The F A 18 Hornet written by David C. Isby and has been published by HarperResource this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Aeronautics, Military categories.

By following a hypothetical mission set sometime in the near future, the full capabilities of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 will be revealed.

F A 18e F Super Hornet And Ea 18g Growler

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Author : Ken Neubeck
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Release Date : 2020

F A 18e F Super Hornet And Ea 18g Growler written by Ken Neubeck and has been published by Schiffer Military History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Hornet (Jet fighter plane) categories.

The Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet is an evolutionary redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 A/B Hornet. The Legacy F/A-18 Hornet first flew in 1980 and met the requirement for a multirole fighter to complement the larger and more expensive Grumman F-14 Tomcat, serving in fleet defense interceptor and air superiority roles. The Hornet proved to be effective, but it was limited in combat radius due to fuel capacity. This would be corrected with the newer and larger F/A-18 Super Hornet design, which is now the primary fighter/attack aircraft used in the US Navy carrier fleet and has replaced both the legacy Hornet and the F-14 Tomcat. Additionally, the Super Hornet airframe design was used for the design of the EA-18G Growler, which took over the electronic countermeasures (ECM) role of the EA-6B Prowler.

Jet Fighter F A 18

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Author : Frank Vann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

Jet Fighter F A 18 written by Frank Vann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Airplanes categories.