Topic: What happened to all our Hornets?

[kermit98]

I know we've only got 77 operational CF-18s left but, aside from the ground-instruction units, the gate guards and museum pieces, what happened to the rest of them?  Are they stored down in Arizona, or does Canada actually have a bone yard?  Are any of them in flyable storage?

[CDN Aviator]

We've lost several to accidents as well.

[GAP]

wouldn't a boneyard for Hornets be called a "Hornet Nest"? 

[Occam]

Here's a pretty interesting website on "Where's tail number X now?". 

http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/post_int.html

[Zoomie]

FWIW - our "boneyard" is Mountainview.

[CDN Aviator]

FWIW - our "boneyard" is Mountainview.

For aircraft that fit Mountainview. The CP-140A Arcturus, for example, were sent to AMARG.

[kermit98]

Thanks for the replies.  That's a very useful link Occam, thanks.  We definitely lost a lot of planes due to accidents, but we did mothball an awful lot too.  I hope we at least got all the useful hours out of the airframes.

[cypres78]

Couple of gutted ones in Trenton on the North side...

[WingsofFury]

Couple of gutted ones in Trenton on the North side...

Assuming you mean the ATESS ones which are used for non destructive testing??

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Out of my lane here, but don't Hornets die after they stung?

Since many of them "stung" in the Balkans, the Gulf war and Lybia - that would explain their disappearance.

[cypres78]

Assuming you mean the ATESS ones which are used for non destructive testing??

I have no idea to be honest, just noticed they were there.

[WingsofFury]

Out of my lane here, but don't Hornets die after they stung?

Since many of them "stung" in the Balkans, the Gulf war and Lybia - that would explain their disappearance.

Some of the Hornets that stung in Libya were stinging other targets over the last couple of weeks - so they didn't really disappear.

[Good2Golf]

Out of my lane here, but don't Hornets die after they stung?

Since many of them "stung" in the Balkans, the Gulf war and Lybia - that would explain their disappearance.

OGBD, bees die because the stinger rips from their thorax, but wasps and hornets retain their stinger and can live to sting another day.

[GAP]

soooo......never name a fighter after a bee?   

[Good2Golf]

soooo......never name a fighter after a bee?   

Ding, ding, ding! 

[Retired AF Guy]

Ding, ding, ding! 

Here is a link listing CF-188's that were lost /damaged.

http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/CF-18/cf_18_hornet.htm

If anyone is interested here is a link that has worldwide crashes by year.

http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/year_table.htm