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[U.S. Navy fact file](https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2383479/fa-18a-d-hornet-and-fa-18ef-super-hornet-strike-fighter/)", "Distinguish production configuration from experimental conversion: NASA's HARV used added thrust-vectoring vanes and research flight controls, whose demonstrated capabilities must not become ordinary Hornet characteristics. 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