Bureau Number 160775, the first Hornet produced jointly from McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, having rolled out onto the tarmac from the factory in 1978.
Born out of the VFAX program that aimed to replace the A-4 Skyhawk, A-7 Corsair, and F-4 Phantom, this aircraft was built off of a design that had lost the Air Force's Lightweight Fighter Program, the Northrop YF-17 Cobra. This "failed" design went off to be rebuilt with various features modified to be better suited for Carrier ...