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F/A-18 Hornet: A Navy Success Story

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This book tells you the history about the F/A-18 Hornet, the book tells you the story of the start of the lightweight fighter competition between the F-16 & YF-17 but the USAF rejected the YF-17. Later on, the USN wanted a lightweight fighter to replace the F-4 & A-6, so the USN & McDonnell Douglas(Now Boeing) went on to design a new plane. The F/A-18 went into services with the USN in the late 70s & early 80s & also shows the Hornet's first sting at Libya. The early production of the Hornet was the A/B model but was replaced by the more improved C/D model. The book also tells you about the Hornets during the Desert Storm which has the highest survivalbility among others jet fighter & how flexible the plane is, eg. like the Hornet shot down 2 enemy MIG-21s when it was on its way on a bombing mission without having to jettision their bomb load & shows how maneuveble the Hornet is. Let us not forget that USN & USMC Hornets participated in Operation Allied Force in 1999. This book also include foreign countries that operate the F/A-18 Hornet & the new devolopment on the E/F model which is call the Super Hornet. Finally, it also shows you all the electronic systems on board the Hornet & the sensors & weapons that are in use with the Hornet. This book also contain good pictures also but it is in black & white but the amazing story will make you like the book.

Actually I have writen the review about this book, but I just have to say somemore about this book. This is a wonderful book, you won't get boring after reading it a few times. This book contain very useful technical information about the F/A-18 Hornet & no other books have this kind of information. The book tells you the background of the F/A-18 Hornet which I find it very interesting & the technical part is really amazing, telling you just everything that is in use with the F/A-18 Hornet. Although the images are in black & white, it still have good images & there are 8 pages of images which is in color. Well, from my point of view, this will be the most valueble book to the fans of the F/A-18 Hornet. The F/A-18 Hornet is a jet fighter not to be look down upon & the enemies won't know what sting them.

Great book, lots of technical detail, could be a bit boring if that's not what you're looking for.

This book is the most thorough study of the history and use of the Hornet that I've read. It is so detailed, I fear all but the most dedicated Hornet fans would find it rather dull. Having said that, I do consider it the best book on the subject that I know of.

The information is terrific, the pictures are tremendous!
A well written, exciting book. If you had a rating of 10, I would give it a "10>"

This book will be a gift to my older brother, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran (radar systems, LORAN), and a retired chief avionics engineer on the F-18 Hornet. He had about two-thirds of the avionic systems. I didn't realize how well liked he was until two former Boeing employees informed me when they saw him at my daughter's wedding.

I'm sure he will enjoy this book by Mr Dennis Jenkins