Event Brief
USS Coral Sea first to deploy F/A-18 Hornet, fire HARM
Filed: Aug 05, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Summary: USS Coral Sea is noted as the first carrier to deploy an F/A-18 Hornet air wing and fire an AGM-88 HARM in combat.
WHO: USS Coral Sea (CV-43)
WHAT: First Navy vessel to deploy an air wing built around the F/A-18 Hornet and first to fire an AGM-88 HARM missile in combat
WHEN: Aug 05, 2026 at 11:23 AM ET
WHERE: Libya
WHY: During Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya in 1986
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