McDonnell Douglas Hornet CF-188/A/B CF-18/A/B
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(Source RCAF Web Page)
The CF-188 Hornet, commonly called the CF-18, is a multi-role fighter aircraft. It is used for air defence, air superiority, ground attack, tactical support, training, aerobatic demonstration, and aerospace testing and evaluation.
The Hornet is a fast, light and manoeuvrable aircraft. Because of its power, speed and target-tracking capabilities, it has had great success in many military operations in Canada and around the world.
CF-18s have supported North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) air sovereignty patrols and participated in combat during the Gulf War in 1991, the Kosovo War in the late 1990s, and as part of the Canadian contribution to the international Libyan no-fly zone in 2011. CF-18s were also part of the Canadian contribution to the military intervention against ISIL, Operation Impact. RCAF Web Page and Wikipedia
CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (165) RCAF 400 Squadrons (138) Canadian Crewed (139) Canadian Museum (3)Hornet (CF-188) F/A-18A 188714
Equivalent to F-18A-12-MC when delivered. First delivered to 410 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. Still with this unit when it was one of 4 CF-18s detached to CFB Baden-Soellingen in May and June 1984, to test facilities there. With 416 (TF) Squadron at CFB Cold Lake in February 1995. Crashed just east of Primrose Lake, in Saskatchewan, during training exercise on 5 July 1995, pilot Capt. R.B.G. Bailey killed.1983-11-21 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1995-07-05 Struck off Strength 2021-11-13
1995-07-05 Accident Crash Lost in a crash 2019-08-20