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Top Jockey Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) Hello, just some minor correction: First flight was in late 1978; roughly 40 years ago. Introduction at operational service was in 1983; 36 years ago... not 50. Edited June 6, 2019 by Top Jockey Jets Helis Maps FC 3 JA 37 Ka-50 Caucasus F-14 A/B MiG-23 Mi-8 MTV2 Nevada F-16 C MiG-29 F/A-18 C Mirage III E MiG-21 bis Mirage 2000 C i7-4790 K , 16 GB DDR3 , GTX 1660 Ti 6GB , Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
tstorey37 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 Also please note the C/D variant did not come out until 1987 I believe. Thank you for acknowledging their retirement!
AndyB Posted June 6, 2019 Author Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) Yes I know, I stated that in my narration, just a general tribute for the a-d hornet since the first design came out with yf-17. Just celebrating the mother ship lol and of course, it was my favorite aircraft after the tomcat retired. Edited June 6, 2019 by AndyB
AndyB Posted June 6, 2019 Author Posted June 6, 2019 Oh and yeah the first flight was 1978 but it was named in the Hornet in 1977
Preendog Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 Retired? Canada will use them until we run out of duct tape. Very good hand-me-downs.
AndyB Posted June 6, 2019 Author Posted June 6, 2019 Lmao, that's funny. But yeah sadly. The A-D Hornet's are retired.
Joe Lighty Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 The A-D Hornet's are retired. From US service, one would assume... It's a BIG world out there!
Dr_Pain Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 Still very active here in Australia. We have F/A -18 A/B's, F/A-18 F and EA-18 G in service. The A/B's will retire when we get F-35 A's.
Terry T. Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 Marines fly them :thumbup: VMFA-122 Crusaders [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Discord
AndyB Posted June 7, 2019 Author Posted June 7, 2019 Yes they do, I think they plan to completely phase them out by 2030 though:/
AndyB Posted June 7, 2019 Author Posted June 7, 2019 That's awesome, I wish the us navy didn't retire them yet. I still wish they flew the tomcat lol. Does Australia fly any of those?
Kev2go Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 Us navy retired the last of them, it was already announced back in 2018 that the last navy legacy hornet squadron was soon to finish transition to the super hornet, but the they are still in service in the USA (United states marine corps branch) as well as abroad with various export users. Build: Windows 10 64 bit Pro Case/Tower: Corsair Graphite 760tm ,Asus Strix Z790 Motherboard, Intel Core i7 12700k ,Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 64gb ram (3600 mhz) , (Asus strix oc edition) Nvidia RTX 3080 12gb , Evga g2 850 watt psu, Hardrives ; Samsung 970 EVo, , Samsung evo 860 pro 1 TB SSD, Samsung evo 850 pro 1TB SSD, WD 1TB HDD
Kev2go Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 Still very active here in Australia. We have F/A -18 A/B's, F/A-18 F and EA-18 G in service. The A/B's will retire when we get F-35 A's. Really? I thought you guys retired the a's. After all we are buying at least 25 from you :P Build: Windows 10 64 bit Pro Case/Tower: Corsair Graphite 760tm ,Asus Strix Z790 Motherboard, Intel Core i7 12700k ,Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 64gb ram (3600 mhz) , (Asus strix oc edition) Nvidia RTX 3080 12gb , Evga g2 850 watt psu, Hardrives ; Samsung 970 EVo, , Samsung evo 860 pro 1 TB SSD, Samsung evo 850 pro 1TB SSD, WD 1TB HDD
BuzzU Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 I liked it. Good job. :) Were you waving with the elevator? Buzz
Mox127 Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 Good Tribute, however only the US Navy legacy hornets are retired. Australia are definitely still flying their "Classics", I was at the 77SQN mission brief for Dawn Strike on the 31st of May. However, they're not technically A's/B's anymore. With the HUG program and recent avionics upgrades they're now basically the A++. The RAAF just completed it's Air Warfare Instructors Course (AWIC), which was the last recognised course on the Classic Hornet. They are no longer training new pilots on the legacy model, rather sending them to the states to convert to the F35. The Marines just updated their APG-73s to APG-79s so I'd assume they'll keep them flying for some time. Canada is obviously flying legacy hornets and just received 2 of the RAAFs post Ex Red Flag 19-1 (another ex I was lucky enough to be at this year). Malaysia still flies the D models, they had theirs in Australia for Ex Pitch Black last year And Switzerland, Spain, Finland and Kuwait all still fly their legacy hornets. Most of them are looking to upgrade to the Super Hornet, but time will tell what happens there. Currently only the RAAF outside of the US fly the Super Hornets and the Growlers. From what I've heard Canada is still pushing for Supers and Growlers as well even with the RAAF hornet stop gap. Anyway, you can expect that the legacy hornet will still grace the skies for a while yet.
AndyB Posted June 8, 2019 Author Posted June 8, 2019 Thank you and oh wow thanks for info, but no I know other countries still fly the legacy hornet, I was referring to the us navy. You guys are lucky lol
Dr_Pain Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 I've seen an RAAF F/A-18 A land on a local air field here. A 1600 metre runway. He had two goes at it and the first aborted landing he had to go full afterburner. Got an up close tour of it but couldn't touch. Was a good day that. Now days this beauty lurks in the hangar...
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