Tag: F/A18

31 DEC

Watch a Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet get hit by lightning while flying through clouds

MbKS15/Twitter The following video is pretty impressive. It shows an F/A-18C being hit by a lightning bolt. Along with the flash of light, you can clearly hear a loud bang inside the cockpit, taking the pilot by surprise. Shock aside, the aircraft was probably not really damaged by the bolt.See the rest of the story […]

11 APR

Here’s how Russia’s MiG-29 fighter jet compares to the F/A-18 Hornet

U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the MiG-29 Fulcrum and the F/A-18 Hornet had plenty of opportunities to go head-to-head. There was the ever-present possibility of the Cold War turning hot, a potential meeting during Desert Storm, and again, an opportunity to clash over the Balkans. Even today, […]