Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week
MUNICH—Spain plans to delay the retirement of its McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets and is exploring extending their life through 2035-40 until it finalizes its plans for a sixth-generation fighter. The move to retain the aging fighters, which have already been in service more than 35 years, comes...
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