SPECTACULAR Finnish Air Force F-18 Hornet Display RIAT 2019 Best Hornet Demo Ever? 

There is a cockpit video of this display on Finnish Defence Forces RU-vid channel.

@@hekavan At least there is Lauri Mäkinen's cockpit video maybe Ukskoski too ??

no kidding it looks like the plane is set up with thrust vectoring.....but isn't.

@@PatrickSS351 you mind me asking, what is thrust vectoring?

@@hunterxsimple3821 you tube has alot of videos of thrust vectoring planes. The f22 has 2d vectoring, the Sukhoi su 30mki and 35, mig29 ovt all have 3d vectoring. The nozzles on the back of the exhaust can be rotated and thus increase maneuverability, especially at low speeds. It's also a safety feature because the pilot can regain control in a flat spin.

Yes they are 😏

Yes they are. They have to be. It's the wartime (1939-44) fighter pilot's heritage. FAF motto is "Qvalitas Potentia Nostra". In Yoda's words "Do, or do not. There's no trying". 🙂

Finnish army is strict and well trained all the way from the guys that'll pack your socks to the next morning so while knowing that I can only imagine how much work is done to train the pilots

@@postilaatikko7384 That’s impressive.👍

we bought the licence. This is not your average F/A-18

it helps when a european pilot flys

as a finn, i swear i have never heared that joke before ..

Glad you enjoyed it

almost shed a tear.

We Finns 🙂

Not quite Pugachev's Cobra, but still, what the actual fuck. The pilot must have pulled a joint or two, otherwise, because that shit is easily 9g. Tests the airframe, multiple times over.

@@samposyreeni agreed, a cobra usually lets you out with 0 energy, the f18 just goes straight up and remains to climb

I work near Turku airport, right under the flight path to Pirkkala... These things really scare you those few times a year they fly over.

Ukskoski

The whole squadron can do the same....every year there is a different pilot flying the riot

Przemysław Paja lol how many F18’s do you have lol

@@danielkirkland3366 More than the red air force has su-57

William Drybread yeah that happened never Finns have a few old US fighters and this guy thinks they are a super power lol

Jake Heke Russian have at least 4 aircraft that is as good or better than the f18 You really think Finnish airforce is comparable to the Russian airforce ? Muppet

Daniel Kirkland, kindly look up Patria MUSCL, and tell me how the couple dozen Su-57 have any chance, even if they were stealthy. The combined AD (Hornets above, missiles below) is a big fat turkey shoot.

Thrust vectoring was tested by USAF and NASA in the 90s and was found not to be worth it. The addition of TVC increases the complexity and weight of the engine and adds points of failure decreasing overall engine reliability, thrust-to-weight ratio and fuel efficiency. Furthermore the same maneuverability increases can pretty much be achieved with advanced fly-by-wire algorithms.

@@Hairysteed ; sadly; a finnish pilot made a day.

Yes. Angle. Who the *fuck* flies as close to (or through?) stall like that? Also take a look at the smoketrail. Prolly when the afterburners were engaged. Who the *fuck* actually gains energy in as controlled a fashion?!? This is abnormal, and I'm saying so as a Finnish person. This must have been a *very* *good* *day* for the pilot.

@@Hairysteed thrust vectoring can be usefel on some aircraft while not on others, it depends

I think part of the magic is also due to the fact that flaps are a bit lowered down. Maybe and pilot's skills made the trick

Hornet's tail design is still being used in "5th gen" fighters i.e. horizontal tail extended beyond engine nozzles and canted vertical tails place between the main wing and horizontal tail. F-35's tail design improves upon Hornet's tail design with further extension with horizontal tail extended beyond engine nozzles design.

@@valenrn8657 thank you for providing that knowledge!

@@Believer1977 Also, legacy F-18s have the angle of attack software upgrades.

@@valenrn8657 Wow! I am combat veteran Iraq war 2003-2004 and many times after as a civilian in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have supported our nation and always have been fascinated with our technology! It is simply amazing how advanced we our as a nation and our world! Thank you for sharing this wealth of knowledge! I can brag like I knew this information at Airshows 😂

Buona sera! Finlandia acquisterà nuovi combattenti nel 2021, le opzioni sono Eurofighter, Gripen, F35...spero non sia Gripen perché è un 'light fighter', penso che F35 sarebbe la migliore per le loro esigenze, anche se Eurofighter non sarebbe una cattiva scelta. Saludos desde Finlandia! 🙋‍♀️

"don't be angry with me Blue Angels fans".....HaHa. No worries Diego. Blue Angels fans love great flying whoever's doing it, Thunderbirds, Snowbirds, Tricolori, whoever!

They repaired one that crashed by mating it to a half bought from Canada. (It got called the Frankenhornet. Still flying.) You're preaching to the choir of budget military. (That could probably overtake Germany as it is now... okay, weird.)

Look into what Finnish Air Force did with Hawk updates when BAE wanted to charge $Texas for the fatigued parts. The instrumentation and software that resulted from the project are still something BAE curses out loud if someone mentions it at parties.

no it does not.. but with some eXTra bibs and bobs.... yeah... DO NOT do that with the average F-18C. that was made in Finland.

@@kornolex yep... but designed in the US of A.

The Finnish made F18's were originally swapped with better avionics, that's why they can pull off moves like that.

@@ItsFinRocket No, they can pull off moves like that because it's an F-18, and they deactivated safety systems so they can have full control post stall. He put the plane in a stall multiple times in this show. Avionics have nothing to do with your airframe

@@weasle2904 Are you aware of the FCS updates such as Version 10.7 Operational Flight Program (v10.7 OFP) Flight Control System upgrade to the F/A-18A-D (legacy) Hornet fighter aircraft? I quote _The new low airspeed and high AOA maneuvering capabilities inherent with the v10.7 software revolutionize how pilot aircrew will fight the aircraft. Further, the extremely enhanced resistance to sustained departure modes during out-of-controlled flight events will substantially reduce the frequency of aircraft mishaps and the associated loss of training and assets._

That's because Americans don't show off. They built it and know exactly what it can do, BUt when the real fight is ON ...it's when talent matters.. how can I prove my point? The Eagle is undefeated.

@MegaCk93 thanks boss, nice info, I was not aware of it.

Because some people are total douche bags

Bots made by RU-vid to keep the algorithm in check

Actually Finn and Swiss F 18 has a upgraded avionics package, but yes, the pilot kicks ass.

It's always portrayed as the multirole fighter, like that's something bad.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Let's see if they can do something similar with the F35 Finland has just decided to replace the F18 with :)

@@miskaknapek likely will be a better dogfighter than the F-18, except maybe in AOA snapshots. Not that it matters since stealth, EW, and BVR are the most important factors these days. In which case the F-35 is vastly superior to the F-18 and any other fighter on the commercial market.

I'm not sure that's really that much G. You can make high alpha high rate turns at slower speeds without producing much g. The Hornet has a lot of nose authority and can retain control at very high alphas.

Flaps in hornet are automatic. If the fly-by-wire system thinks it needs flaps it will extend them.

Don't we have one of the best fighter pilots in the world even nowadays?

From the website of the Finnish Air Force; Arto Ukskoski is a performance pilot for the first year and there have been only a few performance flights. In an interview, he says the Hornet differs quite a bit from a "normal" plane because there are few planes in the world that can make similar movements to the Hornet. The Hornet is able to move at really large angle of view and I think the movements of a large angle of view are quite spectacular. In the interview, he states; There will be a couple of new moves on the show flight that Hornet hasn’t done before, so an interesting show is coming up. The performance includes a lot of large-angle movements that look quite spectacular to the viewer. Let's wish good weather for the shows so that all the high vertical movements come true in the performances!

Modern avionics computer that can make you push it more with control. Also new turbine blade technology. Might be more modifications done by Finland but these I know.

@@MrRaitzi Wrong. They are simply over riding the Flight Control System through the HOTAS. Any Hornet even A models can do this but it stresses the air frame but allows you in high speed to pull over 9 G's.

@@n2eman192 Are you aware of the FCS updates such as Version 10.7 Operational Flight Program (v10.7 OFP) Flight Control System upgrade to the F/A-18A-D (legacy) Hornet fighter aircraft? I quote _The new low airspeed and high AOA maneuvering capabilities inherent with the v10.7 software revolutionize how pilot aircrew will fight the aircraft. Further, the extremely enhanced resistance to sustained departure modes during out-of-controlled flight events will substantially reduce the frequency of aircraft mishaps and the associated loss of training and assets._ Sources: Jane’s 1996-’97, “F/A-18A/B/C/D 9G Flight Test Program” by Dr. Jennifer Long Patuxent River, Maryland In 1996, McDonnell Douglas up-rated the F/A-18C/D Hornet to pull 9gs in the ‘clean’ configuration (air/air weapons only and centerline drop tank EMPTY). The process involved strengthening the landing gear uplock pawls, wing fold hinges, and fuel tank retaining clips. A few extra hundred pounds of honeycombing was added for additional fatigue life. The first foreign buyer of the 9g F/A-18C/D Hornet was Switzerland. Furthermore, a well conditioned pilot wearing an ATAGS (Advanced Technology Anti-G Suit) is certainly capable of hooning the daylights out of a 9g Hornet! ---- 9G Hornet has hardware upgrades.

Hornets are still in use in the states too, I believe. Finland is replacing them with F-35's, already ordered.

There is no need to embellish your adjective with foul language. There is enough of it on RU-vid already. All you are doing is demonstrating your impoverished vocabulary.

@@cliffwheeler7357Let the man express himself however. If you don't like it, keep scrolling

Cliff Wheeler shut the fuck up, snowflake.

@@cliffwheeler7357 he did say " extremely satisfying", CW,the best I could have came up with would have been ......That guy can fly his ass off

@@Nick-vy2ms What an articulate, erudite reply.

F-22 is not used for anything so it doesn't matter.

@MegaCk93 That is correct, those Finnish Air Force Hornets went through some Middle Life Upgrade (MLU) and for example they increased maximum AoA :)

Perhaps kiitos 😉

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A5E-qOtu9Jk.html F-18E Super Hornet's cobra manoeuvre with follow up level plane pedal turn ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-We1T-FxY9Bs.html F-14's high Alpha manoeuvres

What is it with the Finns and their superior vehicle handling skills?

10 hours? Bullshit rofl.

@Bread& Butter the Russians you see in airshows are the test pilot masters. The average russian pilot fly less per year that the average NATO 150 hours a year pilot. 75 to 100 hours a year is normal for russian pilot and it was less in the 90s. The Russian airforce was too big, and the economic crush of the fall of the URSS hit then hard. Now they are recovering but they did not fly as much. Russia is not moving from a quantity to a quality aproach and they are flying more. But that will mean a smaller air force. Probably a 500 fighters airforce.

The Cobra manuever finishes with a reverse flip after the air brakes. This pilot didn't do that... Still, this is the most impressive F18 demo I've ever seen.

its because they fly their planes restricted now adays, if you look at russian videos of flankers in the late 80s and early 90s, you will see them pull incredible sustained and instantaneous turns

I was thinking that with you ....just before reading your's ... 3:am and Im SADI....grin .

We'll see the same in a F-35A but not a F-22, the production line hasn't been just closed but destroyed for safety requirements. So a Lightning II or a Rafale it'll be...

Your wish is true, we Finns just bought 64 pieces of F35

I'm not sure thrust vectoring is that relevant these days with helmet mountd head up displays and off boresight weapons.

@@martinw245 Totally agree. I'd have a striker 2 helmet and ASRAAM anyday over thrust vectoring.

@@robertblay9179 Agreed brother! :) What baffles me is that the Finish F18 is said to have the limitations on angle of attack removed. But some quick research reveals that the F18 has never had such limits imposed. Weird.

@@robertblay9179 At least most NATO fighter pilots think the same you do... In WVR combat, they all prefer having the HMD (whether it is Striker II, JHMCS II, or the F-35's Gen III HMDS...) + highly maneuverable, high off boresight capable missile (it can be ASRAAM, IRIS-T, AIM-9X...) combo, than not having any these and instead having TVC.

@@martinw245 Well... kinda of... At least in the Raptor, TVC it not used to just greatly improve low speed, high AoA maneuverability at low altitudes. It is also used to greatly reduce trim drag at supersonic speeds, and to greatly help maneuvering at those same supersonic speeds and high altitudes. Paul Metz, a former F-22 test pilot explains it well: "... 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵-𝘷𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 '𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵' 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵-𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 - 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 4𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘧𝘧-𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴. '𝘛𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸' 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍-22'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵-𝘷𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵-𝘷𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍-22 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍-22 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥. . 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵-𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍-16 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍-15. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍-22 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘙𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. ..."

Nope, the three Navy admirals who decided phasing out the legacy hornets!

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Um... No?

Are you aware of the FCS updates such as Version 10.7 Operational Flight Program (v10.7 OFP) Flight Control System upgrade to the F/A-18A-D (legacy) Hornet fighter aircraft? I quote _The new low airspeed and high AOA maneuvering capabilities inherent with the v10.7 software revolutionize how pilot aircrew will fight the aircraft. Further, the extremely enhanced resistance to sustained departure modes during out-of-controlled flight events will substantially reduce the frequency of aircraft mishaps and the associated loss of training and assets._