McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet VFA-11 Model Airplane

Item#: MJF018VFA11

MSRP Price: $299.95

Factory Direct Price: $199.95

Wing Span: 13.41"
Length: 18"

Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas

This McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet VFA-11 Airplane Model comes with a detachable stand made of chrome steel and wood it also has a Laminated United States Navy Logo and an Inscription Plaque that adds beauty and value to this high quality Scale Model.

This McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet VFA-11 Model Airplane is a perfect gift for Non-active Pilots, Active Pilots, Aviation Enthusiasts, War Veterans or the people that took part in the developement of this Aircraft.

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McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet History:

The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather carrier-capable multirole fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. Designed in the 1970s for service with the United States Navy and Marine Corps, the Hornet is also used by the air forces of several other nations. It has been the aerial demonstration aircraft for the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels since 1986. Its primary missions are fighter escort, fleet air defense, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), interdiction, close air support and reconnaissance. Its versatility and reliability have proven it to be a valuable carrier asset, though it has been criticized for its lack of range and payload compared to its contemporaries.

Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-11, also known as the "Red Rippers", are a United States Navy F/A-18F Their call sign is Ripper, tail code is AB, and they fly the F/A-18F Super Hornet. The squadron is stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. Their mission statement is "To intercept and destroy enemy aircraft in all weather conditions, establish and maintain all local air superiority, and deliver ordnance on target, on time, first pass."

The squadron's original insignia and nickname (used from inception in 1950 to 1959) are unknown. In 1959, the squadron changed designations and adopted the name and insignia of another, recently disestablished, squadron.The Red Ripper squadron insignia as described by an early member: "The boars head is taken from the one that graces the label of the Gordon's Gin bottle. The scroll effect under the head is a string of link sausage, a good line of bologna which all members of the squadron were to be adept at 'shooting'. The balls on the shield might be called balls of fire; actually, they were supposed to typify good, strong, masculinity. The bolt of lightning was the bar sinister of bastardy. The whole theme was worked into a sort of toast or creed with which the squadron members were to begin and end all good drinking bouts. I can't remember all of the toast, but it was something to the effect that, 'Here's to us, the RED RIPPERS – a goddamn bunch of gin drinking, bologna slinging, two-balled, he-man bastards'."