The CF-18 Hornet is a Canadian Forces aircraft, based on the United States F/A-18 Hornet. It was originally manufactured in St. Louis, Missouri, United States by the McDonnell Douglas military aerospace company, who in 1997 merged with Boeing. The term CF-18 is actually a misnomer. The planes are technically designated CF-188: the name Hornet is not used as it is not bilingual. However, in every context except the most official of military documents, the planes are referred to as CF-18s. The ability of Canada's air force to contribute effectively to the NATO Air Campaign was made possible by its recent acquisition of precision guided munitions. Even during its air-to-ground bombing missions, all of Canada's CF-18s were armed with the Sidewinder and Sparrow air-to-air missiles. The CF-18s were long painted with dummy canopies on the undersides of their noses, as shown above; this camouflage scheme never had the confidence of pilots as the planes' skins were too thin to absorb fire even if the ruse did work, and the general opinion was that if you were close enough to see the dummy canopies, you were close enough to not be fooled by them. The term CF-18 is actually a misnomer. The planes are technically designated CF-188 (the name Hornet not being used). However, in every context except the most official of military documents, the planes are referred to as CF-18s. Specifications:
Length: 17.07 m
Wingspan: 12.31 m
Height: 4.66 m
Weight: 10,455 kg Power: 2 General Electric F404 low bypass turbofans
Speed: Mach 1.8
Ceiling: 15,000 m
Range: 3,704 kilometres (more with air-to-air refueling) Armament: AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles, AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missile, conventional bombs and precision-guided bombs, rockets, and M-61 20 mm cannon Crew: 1 pilot (CF-18A), 2 pilots (CF-18B) Year(s) procured: 1982 to 1988 Quantity in CF: 122 (60 operational/62 fighter training, testing and rotation) Location(s): 3 Wing CFB Bagotville, Quebec and 4 Wing CFB Cold Lake, Alberta ===See also=== List of Canadian Air Force Equipment ===External link=== http://www.airforce.forces.ca/equip/cf-18/intro_e.asp U.S. attack aircraft 1980-1989 U.S. fighter aircraft 1980-1989
* The Amount of CF-18 Hornets is much lower now due to losses and upgrades. There is not somewhere between 80-85. 120 was the initial purchase.
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The CF-18 Hornet is a Canadian Forces aircraft, based on the United States F/A-18 Hornet. It was originally manufactured in St. Louis, Missouri, United States by the McDonnell Douglas military aerospace company, who in 1997 merged with Boeing. The term CF-18 is actually a misnomer. The planes are technically designated CF-188: the name Hornet is not used as it is not bilingual. However, in every context except the most official of military documents, the planes are referred to as CF-18s. The ability of Canada's air force to contribute effectively to the NATO Air Campaign was made possible by its recent acquisition of precision guided munitions. Even during its air-to-ground bombing missions, all of Canada's CF-18s were armed with the Sidewinder and Sparrow air-to-air missiles. The CF-18s were long painted with dummy canopies on the undersides of their noses, as shown above; this camouflage scheme never had the confidence of pilots as the planes' skins were too thin to absorb fire even if the ruse did work, and the general opinion was that if you were close enough to see the dummy canopies, you were close enough to not be fooled by them. The term CF-18 is actually a misnomer. The planes are technically designated CF-188 (the name Hornet not being used). However, in every context except the most official of military documents, the planes are referred to as CF-18s. Specifications:
Length: 17.07 m
Wingspan: 12.31 m
Height: 4.66 m
Weight: 10,455 kg Power: 2 General Electric F404 low bypass turbofans
Speed: Mach 1.8
Ceiling: 15,000 m
Range: 3,704 kilometres (more with air-to-air refueling) Armament: AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles, AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missile, conventional bombs and precision-guided bombs, rockets, and M-61 20 mm cannon Crew: 1 pilot (CF-18A), 2 pilots (CF-18B) Year(s) procured: 1982 to 1988 Quantity in CF: 122 (60 operational/62 fighter training, testing and rotation) Location(s): 3 Wing CFB Bagotville, Quebec and 4 Wing CFB Cold Lake, Alberta ===See also=== List of Canadian Air Force Equipment ===External link=== http://www.airforce.forces.ca/equip/cf-18/intro_e.asp U.S. attack aircraft 1980-1989 U.S. fighter aircraft 1980-1989
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* The Amount of CF-18 Hornets is much lower now due to losses and upgrades. There is not somewhere between 80-85. 120 was the initial purchase.
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