Throughout these upgrades, the aircraft remained an F-18 Hornet, and the fighter was made deadlier, safer, and a capable foil to enemy aircraft. Production of the C and D models ended in 2000 ...

EXCLUSIVE: On the same night a U.S. Navy fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea, a second jet nearly suffered the same fate. An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet ...

The US nearly shot down a second Navy fighter jet over the Red Sea on Saturday — missing it by just 100 feet — in a friendly ...

The downed fighter jet was thought to be a F/A-18 Super Hornet which is assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron 11 stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet was shot down over the Red Sea on Sunday, December 22 in an apparent "friendly fire" incident involving the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, the U.S. military ...

Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18," Central Command said in a statement, AP reported. From the military's description, the aircraft shot down was a two-seat F/A-18 ...