Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Ko da yake YF-16 ya lashe gasar LWF, Navy ya kasance mai shakka cewa jirgin sama tare da injiniya daya da kuma saukowa na saukowa zai iya sauƙi ko tattalin arziki ya dace da sabis na mai ɗaukar hoto, kuma ya ƙi karɓar wani nau'in F-16. A ranar 2 ga Mayu, 1975, Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta sanar da zaɓin YF-17. Tun da LWF ba ta raba bukatun zane na VFAX ba, Navy ta tambayi McDonnell Douglas da Northrop don samar da sabon jirgin sama daga zane da ka'idodin YF-17. A ranar 1 ga Maris, 1977, Sakataren Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa W. Graham Claytor ya sanar da cewa za a kira F-18 "Hornet". Northrop ya yi aiki tare da McDonnell Douglas a matsayin dan kwangila na biyu a NACF don yin amfani da kwarewar wannan na ƙarshe a gina jirgin sama na jirgin sama, ciki har da F-4 Phantom II da aka yi amfani da shi sosai. A kan F-18, kamfanonin biyu sun amince da raba kayan aikin bangare, tare da McDonnell Douglas da ke gudanar da taro na karshe. McDonnell Douglas zai gina fuka-fuki, stabilizers, da kuma gaba fuselage; yayin da Northrop zai gina cibiyar da aft fuselage da tsaye stabilizers. McDonnell Douglas shi ne babban dan kwangila na nau'ikan jiragen ruwa, kuma Northrop zai zama babban dan kwangila na F-18L na kasa wanda Northrop ke fatan sayar da shi a kasuwar fitarwa. F-18, wanda aka fara da McDonnell Douglas Model 267, an canza shi sosai daga YF-17. Don ayyukan masu jigilar kayayyaki, an ƙarfafa jirgin sama, da jirgin sama, da kuma wutsiyar wutsiyar, an ƙara fuka-fuki da katako na katako, kuma an fadada kayan sauka. Don saduwa da kewayon Navy da buƙatun ajiya, McDonnell ya haɓaka ƙarfin mai da fam 4,460 (kilogiram 2,020), ta hanyar faɗaɗa kashin baya da ƙara tankin mai na galan 96 ga kowane reshe. An kara "snag" a gefen gaba na reshe da masu daidaitawa don hana tashin hankali na aeroelastic da aka gano a cikin mai daidaita F-15. Fuka-fuki da stabilizers an faɗaɗa, fuselage na baya ya faɗaɗa da inci 4 (102 mm), kuma injunan sun yi waje a gaba. Wadannan canje-canje sun kara 10,000 lb (4,540 kg) zuwa nauyin nauyi, kawo shi zuwa...  Tambaya: Me aka shirya za a gina ta amfani da rubutun YF-17?
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