Model length: 12.5"
Wingspan: 8.5" 
Code: NC09058

It recovers fast, is repaired quickly, and then flies the next day. That is how versatile and reliable the F-18 is. The F-18C Hornet was born in 1987 as the result of a block upgrade of the F-18. Production of the F-18C, a single seat variant, ended in 1999 having been superseded by the F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet. F-18C/D models are expected to retire by 2020. 

Since 1986, the F-18C has been the aerial demonstration aircraft for the Blue Angels, the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron. Formed inn 1946, the Blue Angels is the world's first officially-sanctioned military aerial demonstration team. The Blue Angels first flew three aircraft in formation, then four, and currently operate six aircraft per show. It is backed up by a seventh aircraft, in the event of mechanical problems with one of the other aircraft. The squadron gives public relations "demonstration flights" to civilians, usually selected from a press pool.

Weaponry:

• 1x 20 mm M61 Vulcan internal gatling gun with 578 rounds
• 9: 2 wingtip, 4 underwing, and 3 fuselage, carrying up to 13,700 lb (6,215 kg) of missiles, rockets, bombs, fuel tanks, and pods
• Air-to-air: AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-132 ASRAAM, AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-7 Sparrow, IRIS-T
• Air-to-ground: AGM-45 Shrike, AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-88 HARM, SLAM-ER, JSOW, Taurus missile
• Anti-ship: AGM-84 Harpoon
• CBU-87 cluster, CBU-89 gator mine, CBU-97 CEM, Paveway, JDAM, Mk 80 series, nuclear bombs,Mk 20 Rockeye II cluster, mines
   

The F-18C Hornet Blue Angels , United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, has beenusing the F-18C since1986 in its public relations demonstration flights. Here is an upsized scaled display model plane of the Blue Angels. This F-18C "Blue Angels" Hornet display model plane is hand-carved from mahogany wood and hand-painted with great concern for accuracy. 

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The United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, was formed in 1946 and is the world's first officially sanctioned military aerial demonstration team, as well as the oldest currently flying aerobatics team.