{"id":1082,"date":"2019-12-08T00:19:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T00:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=1082"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:12:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:12:28","slug":"mcdonnell-douglas-f-18a","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/mcdonnell-douglas-f-18a\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonnell Douglas F-18A"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) F\/A-18A Hornet<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/McDonnell-Douglas-F-18A.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/McDonnell-Douglas-F-18A.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the McDonnell Douglas F\/A-18A Hornet\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Hornet was developed in the mid-1970s as a replacement for the F-4 Phantom II and the A-7 Corsair that were then in use by the U.S. Navy and Marines as ground attack aircraft.\u00a0 The F\/A-18 was derived from the YF-17 that had competed for the U.S. Air Force contract that resulted in the F-16 Fighting Falcon.\u00a0 The YF-17 was redesigned to add more fuel, folding wings, and strengthened landing gear among other changes to adapt it for use from aircraft carriers.\u00a0 The first production versions of the Hornet went into service with the Navy and Marines in 1983.\u00a0 Most of the early F\/A-18A Hornets have been retired but some continue to fly with Navy and Marine training squadrons.\u00a0 The F\/A-18C and the newest F\/A-18E and F Super Hornets are the primary fighters and attack aircraft for the US Navy and Marines.\u00a0 Hornets have been sold to several foreign nations including Australia, Canada, Spain, Switzerland, Finland, Kuwait, and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>The F\/A-18 was adopted by the U.S. Navy\u2019s Blue Angels aerial demonstration team in 1986.\u00a0 It has now served with the team for over 30 years making it the longest serving aircraft type to fly with the Navy\u2019s aerial demonstration team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Built by McDonnell Douglas Aircraft, St. Louis, Missouri and delivered to the U.S. Navy.\u00a0 The complete service history of this aircraft is not currently available.\u00a0 However, it is known that by 2002 it had been assigned to Naval Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.\u00a0 In 2008 the aircraft was transferred to the Blue Angels where it served until its retirement in 2012.\u00a0 In April 2013, it was placed on loan to the Pima Air &amp; Space Museum by the National Naval Aviation Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>40 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>56 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>15 ft 4 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>36,970 pounds (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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