Aircraft
Australia Bids Farewell to the Classic Hornet Fighter
After over 35 years the Boeing F/A-18A/B fighter has bowed out of RAAF service, leaving the F/A-18F Super Hornet and F-35A to provide Australia’s airpower.
Group Captain Jason Easthope, Chief of Staff, Air Combat Group, flies one of the last F/A-18As in the type’s final display in RAAF hands at Williamtown on November 29. (Photo: Corporal Craig Barrett, RAAF)
Group Captain Jason Easthope, Chief of Staff, Air Combat Group, flies one of the last F/A-18As in the type’s final display in RAAF hands at Williamtown on November 29. (Photo: Corporal Craig Barrett, RAAF)

November 29 marked the final day for the Boeing F/A-18A/B Hornet fighter in Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) service. The retirement of the ‘classic’ Hornet was commemorated in an event held at RAAF Williamtown, New South Wales, which was attended by Australian defense minister, Peter Dutton, and chief of the Air Force, Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld. On the previous day, a Hornet made the type’s last public appearance during the Wings over Illawarra Airshow.


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