The Navy said that the "Murder Hornet" configuration on its F/A-18 fighter jet is comprised of nine air-to-air missiles.
The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.
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Super Hornets which since April 2024 have been armed with five AIM-120s and four AIM-9Xs were now referred to as ‘Murder Hornet' in a recent year-in-review factsheet published by the U.S. Navy.
The US Navy is officially referring to F/A-18s armed with nine air-to-air missiles as "Murder Hornets." This loadout was first observed during Red Sea combat operations last year. The loadout ...