Category: hornet

Boeing Plans to End Production of ‘Top Gun’ Plane in 2025

Even “Top Gun” couldn’t save the F/A-18 Super Hornet. Boeing announced Thursday that it expects to end production of the fighter jet in late 2025 after a final delivery to the U.S. Navy. Production of the plane could be stretched out to 2027 if India places an order, the company said. The first F/A-18 debuted…


A Crash Course on Tracking, Trapping, and Killing ‘Murder Hornets’

BLAINE, Wash.—The first Asian giant hornet nest of the year has been found in Washington state, and plans are being developed to eradicate it, likely next week, the state’s agriculture department said on Thursday. The so-called stinging “murder hornets,” the world’s largest hornets, can grow to two inches in length and prey on native bee…