In Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise reprises his Maverick role, 36 years later. One of the most recognizable differences in the sequel is that the F-14 has been replaced with the F/A-18 Super Hornet.

The F/A-18 was an advanced machine for the 1980s; the jet is still quite capable today. The enduring and admirable F/A-18 ...

Thanks to a new behind-the-scenes trailer for the highly anticipated Top Gun sequel, we get to watch a bunch of actors ride in the back seat of an F/A-18 Super Hornet and try desperately ...

During this time, he flew the F-18 Hornet, the F-16 Fighting Falcon ... rates the action scenes in "Top Gun" and "Top Gun: Maverick." He talks about being an effective wingman, piloting an ...

It’s also, apparently, the backdrop of at least part of the upcoming Top Gun sequel. Eagle-eyed amateur photographer Christopher Lohff captured a photograph of a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet ...

The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.

The enduring and admirable F/A-18 Hornet has been a staple of U.S. naval aviation since the 1980s. But the prototype from which the F/A-18 was developed, the YF-17, failed to impress U.S. Air ...