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NAVAIR's F/A-18 Program Celebrates 25 Years of Flight
NAVAIR's F/A-18 Program Celebrates 25 Years of Flight
(EXCERPT) Story Number: NNS031125-01 Release Date: 11/25/2003 6:42:00 PM From Naval Air Systems Command Public Affairs PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (NNS) -- The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) F/A-18 program commemorated the first flight of the Hornet aircraft flown 25 years ago Nov. 20. Alumni members of the "Hornets Nest" gathered at NAVAIR Patuxent River for a day of memories and celebration. “The last 25 years of flight by F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets have established an unmatched record of performance, survivability, reliability, maintainability and affordability for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and our foreign partners,” said NAVAIR F/A-18 Program Manager Capt. B.D. Gaddis. “The men and women who have designed, developed, produced, enhanced, maintained and flown these remarkable aircraft can be very proud. They have set the chinning bar pretty high. But I'm convinced that the next 25 years will be even better." Naval Aviation was forever changed 25 years ago when Jack Krings, test pilot for then-McDonnell Douglas Corporation, had the honor of taking the new fighter on a 50-minute flight from St. Louis o... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 30 Nov 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=10773 --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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