F/A-18E SUPER HORNET The Super Hornet is a redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The wing and tail configuration trace its origin to a Northrop prototype aircraft, the P-530, c. 1965, which began as a rework of the lightweight Northrop F-5E (with a larger wing, twin tail fins and a distinctive leading edge root extension, or LERX).[6] Later flying as the Northrop YF-17 “Cobra”,…
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F/A-18E SUPER HORNET At the time, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the Navy’s primary air superiority fighter and fleet defense interceptor. Cheney described the F-14 as 1960s technology, and drastically cut back F-14D procurement in 1989 before cancelling production altogether in 1991, in favor of the updated F/A-18E/F.[13][14] The decision to replace the Tomcat with an…
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F/A-18E SUPER HORNET The end of the Cold War led to a period of military budget cuts and considerable restructuring. At the same time, U.S. Naval Aviation faced a number of problems. The McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II Advanced Tactical Aircraft (ATA) was canceled in 1991 after the program ran into serious problems; it was intended to replace the…
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F/A-18E SUPER HORNET The Navy directed that the YF-17 be redesigned into the larger F/A-18 Hornet to meet a requirement for a multi-role 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 limited in combat radius. The concept of…
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PILOT PAINTING Like motorcyclists, U.S. Navy pilots “dress for the slide, not the ride.” Their gear is meant for frost, flames, and flotation. Even the very first pilot to operate from a ship carried safety equipment: Eugene Ely, attempting his landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in 1911, took the controls…
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F-35A LIGHTNING II The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed Martin is the prime F-35 contractor, with principal partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. The aircraft has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A, the short…
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F/A-18E SUPER HORNET The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, in service with the armed forces of the U.S., Australia, and Kuwait. The F/A-18E single-seat and F/A-18F tandem-seat variants are larger and more advanced versions of the F/A-18C and D Hornet, respectively. The Super Hornet has an internal 20mm M61A2 rotary…
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AH-64D APACHE LONGBOW The Apache is the U.S. Army’s main attack helicopter. By now, it’s still one of the top heavy attack helicopters in the world. The AH-64D Apache Longbow, which entered service in 1997, is famous for its Longbow fire control radar. Thanks to its outstanding performance and powerful firepower, the AH-64D Longbows have been operated…
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HARRIER GR.3 PROMO VIDEO In this video we build the kinetic model kits harrier GR.3 and take all 24 episodes we did step by step and cram all that knowledge, tips and tricks into a 22 minute promo video. Enjoy The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is a British military aircraft. It was the first of the…
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G.91R LIGHT FIGHTER BOMBER The Fiat G.91 is a jet fighter aircraft designed and built by the Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione, which later merged into Aeritalia. The G.91 has its origins in the NATO-organised NBMR-1 competition started in 1953, which sought a light fighter-bomber (officially, the competition was seeking a “Light Weight Strike Fighter”) to be adopted as standard equipment across the air forces…
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