It's time to reward yourself with a beautifully-crafted F-18 Hornet Clear Canopy VFA-131 model plane!

Warplanes proudly brings you yet another product we are deeply proud of: the F-18 Hornet Clear Canopy VFA-131 model airplane. This F-18 Hornet Clear Canopy VFA-131 model is made from only the finest grade of mahogany, worked to a perfect scale copy of the F-18 Hornet Clear Canopy VFA-131. The design of the wing, the tail and the body of this art piece are carefully carved, mirrored from the actual F-18 Hornet Clear Canopy VFA-131. Cover it in a detailed, complete paint scheme, that includes squadron name, logos, insignia and distinct markings of the plane, and you get a one of a kind model you can definitely be proud of!

To preserve the F-18 Hornet Clear Canopy VFA-131's exquisite design, a coat of clear lacquer is finally applied to its entire body. All exquisite works done to our models are enthusiastically performed by our highly skilled craftsmen that are aviation enthusiast themselves. The F18 Hornet Clear Canopy VFA- 131 model plane is mounted on a steel support rod and a wooden-base stand so you can beamingly display this masterpiece anywhere you want. Other optional display accessories are also available, including the pitch wall mount for your model collection allowing it to be placed on the wall and ceiling for an added flying effect.

After returning home in September 1990, the "Wildcats" squadron traded in its F/A-18A aircraft for the brand new F/A-18C Lot XIII Night Strike Hornets. One year later, after a rapid turnaround training cycle, the squadron returned to USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER for a deployment that included operations in the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield, and concluded with operations above the Arctic Circle in support of exercise TEAMWORK 92. This was the first Night Strike Hornet deployment in the Atlantic Fleet.

In September 1987, the production and manufacturing of F/A-18C Hornet began and ended in 1999. When the A-6 Intruder aircraft retired in 1990, its part and responsibility was filled by the F-18 Hornet. During the Operation Desert Storm, the aircraft showed its flexibility and dependability. It can recover quickly and fast during war even when it is destroyed and damaged extremely.

It was also used in Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In May 2005, two F/A-18C Hornets smashed at each other in Iraq. An accident also happened when a patriot missile hit an F/A-18 Hornet. The F/A-18C and F/A-18A Hornet models are the only aircrafts that have single seats unlike the F/A- 18B and the F/A-18D models that have dual seats. The dual Hornet seats are the models that are completely capable in battles. The aircraft has the ground mapping capacity that allows its crew to find and hit the target even with poor visibility and in bad weather conditions. In 1994, the aircraft received an upgrade on its radar that provided a more accurate radar displays.