Key Points and Summary - Northrop’s YF-17 “Cobra” lost the U.S. Air Force’s 1970s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, but it went on to shape American and allied air power for decades.

-Pushed by the Secretary of Defense to create a common platform with the Air Force, the plan involved significant modifications, including a stronger fuselage, broader wings, and heavier landing gear.

The jet, 168912, which in 2017 scored the first Super Hornet air to air kill and the first U.S. air to air kill since 1999, was seen in official footage launching from the USS Gerald R. Ford, ...

Incredibly, the Super Hornet’s contributions to Operation Iraqi Freedom yielded zero air-to-air losses and high mission success rates, though challenges like friendly fire incidents highlighted ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has passed a bipartisan resolution recognizing 30 years of service by the F/A-18 Super Hornet, marking the anniversary of the aircraft’s first flight from Lambert Field in ...