The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. The Hornet is used by the Swiss Air Forces since January 1996. The F/A-18 is a twin engine, mid-wing, multi-mission tactical aircraft. The Hornet is capable of extremely tight turns over a large range of speeds. The Swiss Air Force purchased 26 C models and eight D models. In October 2008 the Swiss Hornet fleet reached the 50000 flight hour milestone.
@blackcrow252 – Thank you for your question. kdraper2007 had the perfect and correct answer. Greetings from Switzerland.
@HappyHeady – Danke für deinen Kommentar. Das mit dem Topgun Soundtrack ist mir allerdings auch nicht leicht gefallen. Mit besten Grüssen.
@sukhoi235 – Hi, thanky you for your comment. Greetings from Switzerland.
@kdraper2007 – Thank you for giving us all this interesting informations about the F/A-18 aircraft. Greetings from Switzerland.
@neofalcon79 – Thank you for your comment! YES a Lionel Charlet Movie – cut down to 6.5 minutes for all my youtube-freinds. Hope you still like’it…!?
@blackcrow252 In the mid 1990’s Mcdonnell bet the company on the A.T.F. fighter compettition & lost to Lockheed’s YF-22. Bankrupt Mcdonnell was bought by their rival in the airliner business Boeing.
@blackcrow252 Origanally it was designed by Northrup as the P-530. a replacement for the F-5 Tiger II, Then it was designated YF-17 for the U.S. Air Force lightweight fighter competition where it lost out to General Dynamics YF-16. The U.S. Navy was interested in the YF-17 however as they didn’t want the F-16. as Northrup had no experience designing carrier aircraft they teamed up with McDonnell/Douglas to redesign the YF-17 into the F/A-18.
wow, awesome video…respect!
Fantastisches Video! Wahrscheinlich eins der besten auf Youtube.
Ausnahmsweise, find ich, passt der Topgun Soundtrack hier.
Lionel Charlet movie!
It’s TOP
Wait a sec, arent F18s are made by Boeings? e_o
@fxwgmike – Hi Mike like the Blue Angels!
Great video, awesome fighter planes. Here in the U.S.A. We have some of the best fighter planes in the world. Check out the blue angels
Very nice video! I remember this swiss/finnish F-18 thing a little bit. Wasn’t it so that Finnish and Swiss air forces were looking together at the F-18 in the early 90’s.
we have these same beauties in Finland, I just love ‘em!
@Petsku333 – Thank you for your comment. I’ll give it some thought…?!
Maybe a new version of this clip…?! Anyway, best regards from Switzerland
You should’ve changed the top gun music to something more beautiful….
Hi, zuerst ein Dankeschön für deinen Komentar zu diesem Videoclip. Ja schade, dass dir der TopGun Soundtrack langsam aber sicher auf den S..ck geht!? Ruinöse Ambitionen und Empfindungen zu diesem Clip wollte ich damit nicht wecken. In diesem Sinne nehme ich den kritischen Kommentar zu Herzen! Mit den besten Grüssen aus der Schweiz
an sich klasse, die mittlerweile völlig ausgelutschte top gun musik hats dann nur leider für mich persönlich ruiniert… schade… :/
Thank you for your comment. Pls. watch the clip till the end. You will see all about this video. Greetings from Switzerland
Awesome vid, but isn’t it a part of a dvd called Ice Hornet by Lionel Charlet?
Thank you and “paljon terveisiä” to Finnland!
Sama! -Same!
Thanks for comment
Nice nice. Fav 5/5