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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.
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F/A-18 Hornet Color Series In Action, Lou Drendel
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- F/A-18 Hornet Color Series In Action
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lou Drendel
- Publisher
- Squadron Signal publications
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 52
- ISBN10
- 089747564X
- ISBN13
- 9780897475648
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, History, True Stories, Technology & Engineering, Photographic Publications, Cars & Transportation, Military, Aviation
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
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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.