Na 2 May 1975, ndị Navy mara ọkwa ya nhọrọ nke YF-17. Ebe ọ bụ na LWF adịghị ekekọrịta imewe chọrọ nke VFAX, ndị Navy jụrụ McDonnell Douglas na Northrop ịzụlite ọhụrụ ugbo elu si imewe na ụkpụrụ nke YF-17. Na 1 March 1977, Secretary nke Navy W. Graham Claytor mara ọkwa na F-18 ga-aha ya bụ "Hornet". Northrop jikọrọ aka na McDonnell Douglas dị ka a nke abụọ ngo na NACF iji capitalize na nke ikpeazụ ahụmahụ na ụgbọelu ụlọ, gụnyere F-4t.
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