Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The F / A-18 kutanga akaona kurwa chiito muna April 1986, apo VFA-131, VFA-132, VMFA-314, uye VMFA-323 Hornets kubva akabhururuka Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) mishoni pamusoro Libyan mhepo kuzvidzivirira panguva
Operation Prairie Fire uye kurwisa Benghazi sorutivi rweOperation El Dorado Canyon. Munguva Gulf Hondo 1991, Navy vakaparadzira 106 F / A-18A / C Hornets uye Marine Corps vakaparadzira 84 F / A-18A / C / D Hornets. Vatyairi vendege veF/A-18 vakaurayiwa kaviri munguva yeHondo yeGulf, zvose zviri zviviri ndege dzeMiG-21. Musi wa 17 Ndira, zuva rokutanga rehondo, U.S. Navy vatyairi Lieutenant Commander Mark I. Fox uye, Lieutenant Nick Mongilio vakanga vari mundege mana Hornets apo vakatumwa kubva muGungwa Dzvuku kubhomba nhandare yendege H-3 kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweIraq. Vari munzira, vakaudzwa neE-2C kuti kwaiva ne"Bandits" kana kuti ndege yokuIran inonzi MiG-21. The Hornets akapfura pasi maviri MiGs pamwe AIM-7 uye AIM-9 zvombo munguva pfupi dogfight. Kwakatora masekondi 40 kubva apo makororo akaoneka paradar reE-2 kusvikira ndege dzose dziri mbiri dzapfurwa. Ndege dzeF/A-18, imwe neimwe yakatakura mabhomba mana, dzakabva dzatangazve kubhomba dzisati dzadzokera ku"Saratoga".