F/A-18C Hornet (US Navy VFA-25)
United States Navy

Subject:: McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet
US Navy (1794-now)
VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet 163705/NK-400
1991 Gulf War»Operation Desert Storm - USS Independence
FS36320 FS36375
Scale:: 1:72
Status:: Ideas

F/A-18C Hornet
Operator: VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet
Location: Persian Gulf
Timeframe: 1996
Loadout: Strike
- Wingtip: 2x AIM-9M Sidewinder
- Outboard: 2x Mk.83
- Inboard: 2x GBU-16
- Fuselage: 2x AIM-7M Sparrow
- Centerline: Fuel tank

Personal interest:
The F/A-18 was a multi-role aircraft, but since the US and Allies maintained air superiority over Iraq since the opening days of Operation Desert Storm, it was most often used in the strike role, particularly since there were no diplomatic restrictions to launching strike missions from a US Navy aircraft carrier. This model represents a F/A-18C of VFA-25 armed for a strike mission on lightly defended Iraqi national infrastructure.