The F/A designation stands for fighter and attack aircraft. The F/A-18E and 18F models — E is single-seat, F is two-seat — ...

Instead, the Navy lacks the capabilities the F-14 Tomcat once provided at the same time that direct threats to the aircraft carrier are at an all-time high (even higher than the Soviet Navy’s ...

With the launch of "The Other First Man," we introduced a new series titled Flight Test Files, focused on the fascinating legacy of aeronautical advancements pioneered by NACA and later by NASA.

Truman witnessed a $60-70 million fighter jet vanish into the Red Sea after they “lost control” of the F/A-18E Super Hornet ...

“The aircraft itself was very complex, and we built it without models or simulations,” recalls Chris Clark, who worked on the Tomcat as chief test engineer for Air Test and Evaluation Squadron ...

An F/A-18 Super Hornet fell off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Monday. A defense official said a sailor was in the jet's cockpit but jumped out before it fell overboard.

As the F-14 tomcat rounded the fantail on the aircraft carrier’s port side, Dale Snodgrass whipped it into an 85-degree banked turn. With its right wingtip below the flight deck, the jet sliced ...

Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday. A US official said initial reports from the scene indicated the Truman made a hard turn to evade ...