And now: the F/A-18 Hornets Posted on October 28, 2008 by Robin Yup, the USA military is definitely past it’s prime – first the grounding of the entire F-15 fleet, then the ongoing A-10 grounding, the ancient tankers which have no replacement coming and now the F/A-18s are being grounded and inspected for structural faults found in many earlier models around the aerolon hinges. These kind of structural faults indicate one thing: ancient machinery. Robin razor@edgarbv.com https://www.edgarbv.com