Hornet (disambiguation)

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A hornet is an insect. It may also mean:

Insects

  • a colloquial term for American wasps, particularly the bald-faced hornet
  • a colloquial term for certain Australian potter wasp species, including the Australian hornet

In the military

Air

  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, a jet combat aircraft
  • De Havilland Hornet, a World War II-era combat aircraft
  • Hornet, original name of the Hawker Fury British biplane fighter
  • Hornet, unofficial name of the Curtiss 18 Model 18B triplane fighter
  • AGM-64 Hornet, an experimental American missile
  • ABC Hornet, a World War I aircraft engine
  • Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse ("Hornet"), a World War II German aircraft
  • Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon ("Super Hornet") helicopter, also known in the Israeli Air Force as Tzir'a ("Hornet")
    • SNCASE SE.3200 Frelon ("Hornet") helicopter (precursor of the Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon)
  • nickname of 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron, a Royal Canadian Air Force unit
  • 113 Squadron (Israel), an Israeli Air Force unit also known as the Tayeset Ha'Tsira'a ("Hornet Squadron")

Sea

  • HMS Hornet, ten ships of the Royal Navy
  • USS Hornet, eight ships of the U.S. Navy

Land

  • Medium Mark C Hornet, a British First World War tank
  • Humber Hornet, a British armoured car
  • M93 Hornet mine, an American anti-tank mine

Transportation

Air

Land

  • AMC Hornet, a compact car manufactured from 1970 to 1977
  • Dodge Hornet (concept car), a concept car revealed in 2006
  • Dodge Hornet (2023), an SUV revealed in 2022
  • Hudson Hornet, a car manufactured from 1951 to 1957
  • Wolseley Hornet six, a 1930s saloon, coupé, sports and racing car
  • Wolseley Hornet (Mini), a variant of the original Mini car
  • Honda CB250F, a motorcycle known as the Hornet, first 'Hornet' released by Honda
  • Honda CB600F, a motorcycle known as the Hornet in Europe and Brazil
  • Honda CB900F, a motorcycle known as the Hornet 900 in Europe
  • BSA Hornet, a British motorcycle for export to the United States from 1964 to 1965

Sea

  • Hornet (clipper), an 1851 clipper ship which raced Flying Cloud around Cape Horn
  • Hornet (dinghy), a type of sailing dinghy
  • Hornet, a steamer involved in the Hornet incident (an 1871 diplomatic incident)

Fictional characters

  • Hornet (comics), a name shared by three Marvel characters
  • Hornet (DC Thomson), a British comic of the 1960s-1970s
  • Hornet Squadron, an RAF squadron in a series of books by Derek Robinson
  • Hornet (Gobots), an alien cyborg shapeshifter
  • A character in the video game Hollow Knight
  • Robot henchmen in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Sports

University and high school teams

Ice hockey teams

Other teams

American football stadiums

  • Hornet Stadium (Montgomery), on the campus of Alabama State University
  • Hornet Stadium (Sacramento), on the campus of California State University, Sacramento

Other uses in sports

Places

Student newspapers

Other uses

  • Hornet (roller coaster), an amusement ride in Amarillo
  • Hornet (Hewlett-Packard), a codename for an 80186-compatible embedded processor for the HP 100LX, 200LX and 1000CX palmtop PCs
  • Hornet (app), a gay dating app
  • .17 Hornet, a type of rifle cartridge
  • .22 Hornet, a type of rifle cartridge
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