Key Points and Summary - The F/A-18 Super Hornet remains the workhorse of U.S. naval aviation, but its future is defined by upgrades and its eventual replacement. -While a capable platform, it's not ...

Key Points and Summary - Boeing will end F/A-18E/F Super Hornet production in 2027, citing no new export wins, Navy priorities for the sixth-gen F/A-XX, and a shift of St. Louis capacity to MQ-25 and ...

This November will mark the 30th anniversary of the maiden flight of the F/A-18 Super Hornet. Reports indicate that the United States Navy could still award a contract for the F/A-XX later this year, ...

Achieving 12 million flight hours is a remarkable feat and a testament to the platform’s structural durability and endurance. But if any platform was likely to achieve the milestone, it was the F/A-18 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the second time in just over a week, a U.S. Navy fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in ...

A U.S. Marine cleans the tail of an F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, on April 13, 2026. (Cpl. Michael Gavin/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S. Marine Corps plans to phase out ...

The F/A-18 Hornet is the most widely flown fighter jet by the Marine Corps It was developed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, and introduced in the early 1980s The Marine Corps has not upgraded to ...

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The CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team and the F/A-18 Swiss Hornet Solo Display will not fly for the 2025 airshow season to focus resources on modernization and training. The Royal Canadian Air Force and ...

The USS Harry S. Truman lost an F/A-18 Super Hornet worth more than $60 million in the Red Sea on Tuesday, and no, you aren't re-reading the same story from just over a week ago. The $60 million ...

The F/A-18 is a twin-engine, single- and twin-seat, land- and sea-based, high-performance multirole fighter/attack aircraft. F/A-18A/B/C/D models were powered by two GE F404-GE-400/402 turbofans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Marine cleans the tail of an F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, on April 13, 2026. (Cpl.