The ⁠USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier and the Carrier Air Wing 8 recently returned from the Middle East, with its ...

While the Super Hornet has primarily been deployed for air-to-ground attack, it has also proven itself in air-to-air combat. The American-made F/A-18 Super Hornet is arguably the pinnacle of the US ...

Serving as the Navy’s premier strike fighter platform, the Boeing-designed F/A-18 platform has earned its reputation as a tried and trusted jet for nearly half a century. Born from the service’s ...

The F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet is presently one of the U.S. Navy's main aerial platforms. Deployed in service as a replacement for the legendary Grumman F-14 Tomcat in the late 1990s, it also begins to ...

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) ...

Seen from the control tower, the F A 18F Super Hornet demo feels even more intense. The jet accelerates down the runway, engines howling, before snapping into a steep climb that seems almost vertical.

This post has been updated with a statement from Boeing. The Navy issued Boeing $200 million to keep its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet production line humming ahead of a congressionally mandated 20 fighter ...

Though the US Navy's Hornet and Super Hornet fighters share a name and look similar, they are far from the same plane. The earliest version of the Hornet, the F/A-18A, first flew in 1978. The Super ...

Sailors assigned to the “Ragin’ Bulls” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37 prepare a Super Hornet for flight aboard USS Gearld R. Ford on Nov. 18, 2023. US Navy Photo Negotiations over the Navy’s last ...

American aerospace giant Boeing is at the center of attention these days for all the wrong reasons, but that doesn't mean there aren't aspects of the business that don't go as planned. Like, say, the ...