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F/A-18 Hornet Color Series in Action (Soft Cover)

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F/A-18 Hornet Color Series in Action
(Soft Cover)
Product Code: SS1214

Overview

By Lou Drendel
The F/A-18 Hornet has become the most common aircraft on the
decks of US aircraft carriers in the history of naval aviation.
While the Super Hornet is a distant relation of the A-D Hornets,
they all trace their roots to the loser of the lightweight
fighter competition of the early 1970s, the Northrop YF-17.
However, the Navy had a requirement for a lightweight fighter to
replace the A-7 and F-4 and the US Congress dictated that the
Navy choose one of the lightweight fighter contenders as its new
fighter/attack aircraft. The twin-engine YF-17 had a definite
advantage in this competition; on 2 May 1975, the Navy announced
the MDD/Northrop design as the winner. The new lightweight
fighter would be built as the F-18. More than 100 photographs,
color profiles and detailed line drawings; 52 pages.