F/A-18 Hornet

Born as a McDonnell Douglas jet in the early 1970s, the F/A-18 Hornet is a proven carrier-borne strike fighter, only to be superseded by the uprated and larger Super Hornet – the US Navy’s replacement for the mighty F-14 Tomcat and star of the forthcoming movie Top Gun: Maverick, complete with Tom Cruise as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell. F/A-18 Hornet provides details of the development, history and honourable service careers of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet and the EA-18G Growler which specialises in electronic attack.