The Hornet first saw combat action during the 1986 United States bombing of Libya and subsequently participated in the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War. The F/A-18 Hornet served as the baseline for the &lt;a href="Boeing%20F/A-18E/F%20Super%20Hornet"&gt;Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet&lt;/a&gt;, its larger, evolutionary redesign.