CF-18 Hornet

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carrier-capable fighter aircraft multirole fighter aircraft

The CF-18 Hornet is a Canadian variant of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 fighter aircraft, used as a multirole combat jet for air defense and ground attack missions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
CF-18 Hornet canonical 4
CF-188 Hornet 1
CF-188A 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier-capable fighter aircraft ⓘ
multirole fighter aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration mid-wing ⓘ
supersonic jet ⓘ
twin-tail ⓘ
armament M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
basedOn F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ
surface form: McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
canCarry air-to-air missiles ⓘ
air-to-surface missiles ⓘ
external fuel tanks ⓘ
guided bombs ⓘ
unguided bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedFor all-weather operations ⓘ
carrier operations ⓘ
engineModel General Electric F404 ⓘ
engineType twin-engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
enteredServiceYear 1982 ⓘ
hasFeature advanced avionics ⓘ
reinforced landing gear ⓘ
retractable refuelling probe ⓘ
twin nose landing lights ⓘ
hasVariant CF-18 Hornet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CF-188A

CF-18 Hornet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CF-188B
introduced 1982 ⓘ
manufacturer Boeing ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas ⓘ
missionType air policing ⓘ
interception ⓘ
strike missions ⓘ
operator Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces

Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
role air defence ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
ground attack ⓘ
maritime strike ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
tactical bombing ⓘ
successor Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II ⓘ
surface form: F-35A Lightning II (planned in Canada)
usedBy North American Aerospace Defense Command ⓘ
surface form: NORAD
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Kosovo War ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Libya intervention 2011

Operation Impact ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Canadian Air Force → usesAircraft → CF-18 Hornet ⓘ
CF-18 Hornet → hasVariant → CF-18 Hornet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CF-188A
CF-18 Hornet → hasVariant → CF-18 Hornet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CF-188B
Canadian NORAD Region → usesAircraftType → CF-18 Hornet ⓘ
Operation Impact → aircraftUsed → CF-18 Hornet ⓘ
this entity surface form: CF-188 Hornet
AIM-7 Sparrow missiles → platform → CF-18 Hornet ⓘ
subject surface form: AIM-7 Sparrow
CF-101B → successorAircraft → CF-18 Hornet ⓘ