The F/A-18 Hornet is a single- and two-seat, twin engine, multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft that can operate from either aircraft carriers or land bases.
The F-18 fills a variety of roles: air superiority, fighter escort, suppression of enemy air defenses, reconnaissance, forward air control, close and deep air support, and day and night strike missions.
The F/A-18 Hornet replaced the F-4 Phantom II fighter and A-7 Corsair II light attack jet, and also replaced the A-6 Intruder as these aircraft were retired during the 1990s.
The CF-18 Hornet (CF-188) is a Canadian Forces aircraft, based on the American F/A-18 Hornet.
Canada was the first export customer for the Hornet, ordering 138 aircraft to replace the CF-104 Starfighter (air recce and strike, based in Germany), the CF-101 Voodoo (air interception, Canada) and the CF-116 Freedom Fighter (ground attack, Canada).
Hornet sheet was used for this build so I had the whole Hasegawa sheet left, and used a section of it for the VF-113 CAG aircraft.
But it was not to be!- and with new Super Hornets now the rage, we may never see another early Hornet.
To close this chapter on the Monogram Hornet I should say that I believe that a firm governor ought to be kept on all forms of 'nostalgia'-so I'm not longing for the 'good old days'- but I think ther's still a lot of modeling fun in those old molds.*
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Canadian Armed Forces - CF The Canadian Forces are the combined armed forces of Canada.
The CF-18 Hornets, accompanied by a CC-144 Challenger from 412 Transport Squadron in Ottawa with ground crew and support staff on board will depart Cold Lake Monday, 27 March and overnight in Yellowknife.
But grow old they do and the CF fleet of Hercs* (CC-130E and ’H models) are aging rapidly in years and in flight time.
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138 F/A-18 Hornets were purchased in the early 1980's to replace the aging fleet of fighters that Canada was operating at the time; the CF-101 Voodoo in the NORAD alert role / the CF-116 Freedom Fighter in the light attack role and the CF-104 Starfighter in the NATO attack and recon role in Germany.
The first CF-18's arrived in Canada during 1982 and the last delivered in 1988, in all 98 single seat "A" models and 40 dual seat trainer "B" models were ordered.
Today the CF-18 is going through a major Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) which will see cutting edge technology installed into the aircraft that will make it a viable platform until the year 2015 when Canada will/may have the CF-35, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as the next and possibly the last manned Canadian fighter.
At the end of the course, the students are then selected to continue their flying career on several different aircraft in the Canadian inventory.
The possibilities are - Instructor on the Tutor, CT-33 T-Bird and the CF-18 Hornet.
The four month TJIP course is divided into three phases, with the first phase concentrating on pilot proficiency in the right hand seat (instructor's position), and the remaining phases concentrating on basic flying instructional technique.
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Flight tests of the GBU-16 Laser Guided Bomb on the CF-188 Hornet were recently completed at the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment's (AETE) Fighter/Trainer Evaluations.
The Canadian Flight Test Centre (CFTC) in Cold Lake, AB has developed an extensive NVIS test facility that uses state-of-the-art equipment and is one of the largest such facilities in the world.
CFTC is comprised of the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment (AETE) and the Primrose Lake Evaluation Range (PLER) offering a myriad of testing and evaluation facilities as well as an extensive test range.
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With the public debut of The Millennium Hornet recently, here is a review of the previous color bird.
This was a fun project that resulted in an attractive Hornet.
I have talked with Leading Edge Decals and he is considering doing the Millennium Hornet and the 441 Checkerbird as seen in one of the thumbnails below.
Although the loser to the F-16 in the American's Light Weight Fighter programme in the seventies, the original airframe (the YF-17) had many virtues and was developed further into the F-18.
However due to it's unique configuration the plane is able to achieve higher alpha, or angle of attack, for short periods of time.
Canadian Hornets are the only ones I've seen that have a shadow canopy painted on their underside, a scheme designed to confuse their opponent who at first glance would be unable to tell which way the fighter was turning.
The McDonnel Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet was aquired by the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1979, as a replacement for the CF-101 Voodoo and CF-104 Starfighter.
By the way, the CF-18 Hornet is NOT the CF-188 Hornet.
I don't know where people get that designation, but that is not the Canadian designation.