WRITING 2 RAÚL ANTOLÍN GARCÍA

 

The F/A 18 is a 2 jet engine airplane. The original desing was thought as Fight and Attack plane, it´s name are refered to that. Actually there are many versions of it, some of them designed for acrobatics.

In the rear part of the airplane has got two vertical stabilizer, and two horizontal stabilizer. There are models whith two seats cockpits and models whith one seat cockpit. The two seats models are normally used as training aircrafts. Has got a retractable landing gear, as is normal  in fight aircrafts.

The first A/B Hornet model entered service with the Navy in 1983. The A/B evolved into the C/D Hornet in the 1980s and now the Super Hornet. This aircraft will remain the backbone of U.S. naval aviation strike warfare well into the 21st century. F/A-18’s are also operated by the air forces of Australia, Canada, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Spain and Switzerland. The Super Hornet was introduced into the U.S. Navy fleet in 2000. In May 2007, the Commonwealth of Australia signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance to buy 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets, becoming the first international Super Hornet customer.