F/A-18 Hornet

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attack aircraft carrier-capable fighter aircraft multirole combat aircraft supersonic aircraft twin‑engine jet aircraft

The F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, multirole combat jet used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and several allied air forces for both fighter and attack missions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	attack aircraft → carrier-capable fighter aircraft → multirole combat aircraft → supersonic aircraft → twin‑engine jet aircraft →
canCarry	air-to-air missiles → air-to-ground missiles → guided bombs → unguided bombs →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
crew	1 → 2 →
crewNote	single-seat and two-seat variants →
designedFor	carrier operations →
developedFrom	Northrop YF-17 →
enteredServiceWith	United States Navy →
firstFlight	1978-11-18 →
hasFeature	arrestor hook → catapult launch capability → leading-edge extensions → tricycle landing gear → twin tails →
hasVariant	F/A-18A → F/A-18B → F/A-18C → F/A-18D →
introduced	1983 →
laterManufacturer	Boeing →
manufacturer	McDonnell Douglas → Northrop →
maximumSpeed	approximately Mach 1.8 →
operatorType	air forces of allied nations → marine aviation → naval aviation →
powerplant	2 × General Electric F404 turbofan engines →
primaryArmament	M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon →
primaryUsers	Kuwait Air Force → Royal Australian Air Force → Royal Canadian Air Force → Spanish Air Force → United States Marine Corps → United States Navy →
role	attack → fighter → multirole →
serviceCeiling	approximately 50,000 ft →
successor	F/A-18E/F Super Hornet →
usedInConflict	Gulf War → Iraq War → Libya operations → War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Finnish Air Force ("F/A-18C Hornet") → Finnish Air Force ("F/A-18D Hornet") → Karelian Air Command ("F/A‑18 Hornet") → Royal Malaysian Air Force ("Boeing F/A-18D Hornet") → Swiss Armed Forces →	usesAircraft
F/A-18 Hornet ("F/A-18A") → F/A-18 Hornet ("F/A-18B") → F/A-18 Hornet ("F/A-18C") → F/A-18 Hornet ("F/A-18D") →	hasVariant
Rissala Air Base ("F-18 Hornet") → Rovaniemi Air Base ("F-18 Hornet") →	basedAircraftType
Ala 12 ("McDonnell Douglas EF-18 Hornet") → Ala 12 ("EF-18M Hornet") →	operatesAircraftType
Operation Okra ("RAAF F/A-18 Hornet aircraft") →	airComponent
CF-18 Hornet ("McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet") →	basedOn
AMRAAM →	compatibleWith
ASRAAM →	designedForPlatform
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ("McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet") →	developedFrom
Taurus KEPD 350 →	launchPlatform
McDonnell Douglas ("McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet") →	notableProduct
McDonnell Douglas ("F/A-18 fighter series") →	notableSeries
Kuwait Air Force →	operates
Zaragoza Air Base ("EF-18 Hornet") →	primaryAircraftType
Finnish Defence Forces ("F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft") →	standardEquipment
Meteor ("F-18 Hornet") →	usedOnPlatform
Spanish Air Force ("EF-18 Hornet") →	uses
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ("F/A-18F") →	variant