Aircraft
Air USA Buys Former RAAF Hornets
The civilian-contracted adversary fleet in the U.S. will gain a considerable boost with the delivery of highly-capable legacy Hornets from Australia.
Canada has already taken 25 of the Australian F/A-18A/Bs to meet an interim fighter requirement, and most, if not all, of the remainder are now heading for a new life as civilian-operated aggressor aircraft in the U.S. (Photo: Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence)
Canada has already taken 25 of the Australian F/A-18A/Bs to meet an interim fighter requirement, and most, if not all, of the remainder are now heading for a new life as civilian-operated aggressor aircraft in the U.S. (Photo: Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence)

The Australian Government will sell up to 46 former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A/B Hornets to Quincy, Illinois-based Air USA, minister for defence industry Melissa Price announced on March 5. Air USA is a provider of training services to various U.S. government agencies and operates a fleet of Aero L-39 and L-59 Albatros, BAE Systems Hawk, Dassault Alpha Jet, and Mikoyan MiG-29 aircraft.