The first F/A-18 Hornet takes off from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on November 18, 1978. The Hornet was eventually produced in a number of variations and saw extensive action in conflicts over the next three decades.
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
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