Over Yugoslavia, eight EF-18s, based at Aviano AB, participated in bombing raids in Operation Allied Force in 1999, being among the first planes to strike Yugoslav targets. Over Bosnia, they also performed missions for air-to-air combat air patrol, close air support air-to-ground, photo reconnaissance, forward air controller-airborne, and tactical air controller-airborne. Over Libya, four Spanish Hornets participated in enforcing a no-fly zone. [103] Switzerland [ edit ] Hugo Wolf F/A-18C full-scale training simulator, X-5099 In Blue Angels #1 markings, USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas. On loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola, Florida. [168] Often, a small square (rather than a dash) will separate the eye size and the bridge size on the frame. Kuwait Air Force - 31 F/A-18Cs and 8 F/A-18Ds in service as of November2008 [update] [145] Only 34 (27 F/A-18C & 7 F/A-18D) aircraft remain in use as of 2021. [146] a b c Kelly, Orr (2014). Hornet: The Inside Story of the F/A-18. Open Road Media. p.113. ISBN 978-1-4976-4567-7.

For operators of F/A-18E and F Super Hornets and its export variants, see Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet §Operators. F/A-18 operators are in blue Australia has sold 25 F/A-18A/Bs to Canada with first two delivered to RCAF in February 2019. [64] By 2021, 12 (A)F/A-18A and 6 (A)F/A-18B (and an additional 7 disassembled (A)F/A-18 for spare parts) were sold to the RCAF. [65] Navy strike-fighter squadrons VFA-25 and VFA-113 (assigned to CVW-14) deployed aboard USS Constellation from February to August 1985, marking the first deployment for the F/A-18. Finnish Defence Forces to replace aging Hornet fighter fleet". Yle Uutiset. 18 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014.

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Senior, Tim. "F/A-18 Hornet, The AirForces Monthly book". AirForces Monthly, 2003. ISBN 978-0-946219-69-8. The eye size and bridge size are often located next to one another, but sometimes they are separated by a square box icon. The temple size may immediately follow those two sets of numbers, or have some other info in between.

The Royal Malaysian Air Force ( Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia) has eight F/A-18Ds. [96] Delivery of the aircraft spanned from March 1997 to August 1997. [78] Chang, Edward (10 November 2018). "Why the F/A-18C Hornet Was Truly One of a Kind". The National Interest . Retrieved 26 November 2021. Yankee Air Museum getting retired Blue Angels F-18 tomorrow". WXYZ 7 Action News Detroit. 12 January 2021 . Retrieved 1 November 2023. CF-18A and 18 CF-18B aircraft took part in the Incremental Modernization Project which was completed in two phases. The program was launched in 2001 and the last updated aircraft was delivered in March 2010. The aims were to improve air-to-air and air-to-ground combat abilities, upgrade sensors and the defensive suite, and replace the datalinks and communications systems on board the CF-18 from the F/A-18A and F/A-18B standard to the current F/A-18C and F/A-18D standard. [66] [70]

Gibbs, Yvonne (13 November 2018). "NASA Receives First of Three F/A-18Bs". Nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021 . Retrieved 15 February 2022. Swiss crashed military plane in France". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). nzz.ch. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016 . Retrieved 13 February 2016. Canada Aviation and Space Museum CF-18B Hornet" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2020 . Retrieved 9 July 2020. As the A-6 Intruder was retired in the 1990s, its role was filled by the F/A-18. The F/A-18 demonstrated its versatility and reliability during Operation Desert Storm, shooting down enemy fighters and subsequently bombing enemy targets with the same aircraft on the same mission. It broke records for tactical aircraft in availability, reliability, and maintainability.