The Super Hornet entered service in the late 1990s, with the F/A-18E (single-seat) and F/A-18F (two-seat) variants quickly becoming the backbone of the U.S. Navy's carrier air wings.

America's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet, the backbone of the Navy ... test and integration of the conformal fuel tank in support of the F/A-18”. The work will be done in El Segundo, CA, St ...

Recently, the U.S. Navy and Boeing introduced the F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet, which National Interest called the "unstoppable Navy fighter." This isn't merely an upgrade of an existing airframe ...

F/A-18 Super Hornets are a seriously incredible plane. A multirole fighter capable of carrying out a variety of missions, Boeing's Super Hornet is fully capable of operating aboard aircraft carriers.

There are some things the F/A-18 just can't do. Simply put, today's Super Hornet isn't even comparable to the short takeoff, vertical landing (STOVL) capabilities of the F-35B, the Marines ...

The Boeing Company delivered two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet test jets to the U.S. Navy in June 2020, with production to follow successful testing and a contract in place to provide 78 new-build ...

The F/A-18 tried landing on the USS Harry S. Truman but went overboard after the arrestment failed, a defense official said.

These days, the US doesn't use the original F/A-18 Hornet — we fly the F/A-18 Super Hornet. The new name wasn't given merely because the aircraft got some new software updates and a couple of ...

Breaking: Another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea after it suffered an arrestment failure while trying to land.

Super Hornet: An article in the Feb. 22 Business section about plans to replace the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter with the F-35 included a caption that said the Super Hornet pictured was ...

Developed by McDonnell Douglas, the Super Hornet, which first flew in 1995, is a twin-engine carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The F/A-18E ...