-Although slightly slower than its predecessors, the Super Hornet excels in carrier operations and incorporates technology initially developed for fifth-generation aircraft like the F-35 and F-22.

While the Super Hornet may not feature the same stealth characteristics as the F-35 and F-22, the platform is still ...

In the years bracketing World War Two, the 22 Hornet was a top pick for performance-minded riflemen. It was a major step up from its parent case, the 22 W.C.F. — part of the Winchester Center Fire ...

His F-22 was “almost inverted,” the Hornet 2 captain said. “I thought that I was out of control at that point and was concerned that I might have to eject right there,” the pilot said.

The F/A-18 Hornet has long been one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful all-weather, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft. The F/A-18 entered active service in 1983 for the U.S. Marine Corps ...

A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet lands on the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis in the Arabian Sea. ... adding that the F-22 “has struggled” and the F-16 “is a bit of a high bar” to clear.

While fifth-generation platforms like the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II appear to get all the media buzz, one older fighter jet in service with the U.S. Navy should not be overlooked so quickly.

Some of the fastest fighter jets used by the United States military are the F-15 Eagle, F-22 Raptor, F-18 Super Hornet, F-35 ...

A modernized, smokeless-powder version of the blackpowder .22 Winchester Center Fire, the Hornet could achieve 2,400 f.p.s. with 45-grain jacketed bullets when fired from rifle barrels.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) ... On Dec. 22, the cruiser USS Gettysburg accidentally shot down an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier.

Meet the F-22 Sea Raptor: On November 14, 1910, Eugene Burton Ely became the United States Navy’s first aviator when he successfully piloted an aircraft off a temporary platform erected over the ...

The earliest version of the Hornet, the F/A-18A, first flew in 1978. The Super Hornet — which includes the single-seat F/A-18E and the two-seat F/A-18F — made its maiden flight in 1995.