Key Points and Summary - The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet was never meant to be a star, but it became the backbone of U.S. naval airpower after the A-12 collapsed and the F-14 aged out. -Enlarged, more ...

Key Points and Summary - Boeing just marked 30 years since the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet’s first flight on November 29, 1995, in St. Louis, where it began as a McDonnell Douglas program. -Born in an era ...

Two navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier crashed just 30 minutes apart into the South China sea over the weekend – but all five crew members from both craft were mercifully rescued ...

U.S. sailors conduct maintenance on an F/A-18E Super Hornet aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, September 2024. (U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy has deployed a salvage vessel to comb ...

The U.S. Navy is continuing the work to extend the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet’s service life to 10,000 flight hours, with the latest contract covering up to 60 aircraft. The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a ...

It does not appear at first glance that the two crashes are directly linked. Instead, both aircraft seem to have crashed in part due to hostile weather. Five United States Navy crewmembers were safe ...

Two U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying in tandem entered Venezuelan airspace around noon Tuesday, circling over the Gulf of Venezuela in the latest show of force against the regime of Nicolás Maduro. The ...

Even the U.S. Navy isn't immune to error. Deploying far away from home on both routine and high-risk missions, across hundreds of ships and thousands more aircraft ...