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The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The Super Hornet is in service with the armed forces of the U.S., Australia, and Kuwait. The F/A-18E single-seat and F tandem-seat variants are larger and more ...
First flight: 18 November 1978; ... Congress mandated that the Navy pursue a lower-cost alternative to the F-14. ... (converted to F/A-18E Super Hornet, ...
In August 2015, the Navy began load and fit checks of an LRASM mass simulator vehicle on an F/A-18 Super Hornet. [41] Initial airworthiness flight testing of the LRASM simulator with the Super Hornet began on 3 November 2015, [42] with the first flight occurring on 14 December, [43] and load testing completed on 6 January 2016. [25]
In response to a series of cost overruns for the F-35 fighter jet, Trump said on Thursday he has asked Boeing to 'price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet.'
The first EA-18G at the roll-out ceremony on 3 August 2006. On 15 November 2001, Boeing successfully completed an initial flight demonstration of F/A-18F "F-1" fitted with the ALQ-99 electronic warfare system to serve as the EA-18 Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) concept aircraft. [3]
The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet (official military designation CF-188) is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) variant of the American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft. In 1980, the F/A-18 was selected as the winner of the New Fighter Aircraft Project competition to replace CF-104 Starfighter , CF-101 Voodoo and the CF-116 ...
The Super Hornet, developed in the 1990s as a jumbo version of the original F/A-18C Hornet, is the U.S. Navy’s main fighter jet. Barring an order from India, Boeing will pivot manpower and ...
Deliveries were planned to start in late 1984 and be completed in 1990. [18] The total cost of the F/A-18 program, including the aircraft, spare parts, other equipment and modifications to the RAAF's fighter bases, was calculated as A$2.427 billion in August 1981, but was rapidly revised upwards due to the depreciation of the Australian dollar ...