The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.

The cause of the friendly fire shoot-down of a Naval Air Station Oceana-based jet over the Red Sea remains a mystery ... the F/A-18F Super Hornet was hit by weapons fired by the guided-missile ...

Even with a little wheel spin, the Red Bull gets a good start, but is it enough to beat the Hornet? Scroll down to see what wins in a heads-up drag race between the car and the fighter plane.

The US Navy is officially referring to F/A-18s armed with nine air-to-air missiles as "Murder Hornets." This loadout was first observed during Red Sea combat operations last year. The loadout ...