Navy’s Last Super Hornet Contract Stalled Due to Rising Air Frame Costs
Negotiations over the Navy’s last batch of Super Hornets have stalled due to the growing price tag for the fourth-generation…
Navy Recovers F/A-18E Super Hornet Blown off Deck of USS Harry S. Truman
The F/A-18E Super Hornet blown off the deck of an aircraft carrier was recovered 9,500 feet under the Mediterranean Sea,…
Navy Weighing Recovery of Super Hornet Lost in Mediterranean Sea
The Navy has not yet made a determination if the service will recover a F/A-18 Super Hornet that blew off…
Super Hornet Crashes Near China Lake, Pilot in Stable Condition
This post will be updated with additional information as it becomes available. A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed near Naval…
2018 Navy, Marine Corps On-Duty Deaths
The following names are those of Marines and sailors who died in 2018 while at sea, in combat or during…
Navy Working Through Plan to Hit 80 Percent Hornet Mission Capable Target
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Navy is working through how it will try and hit the ambitious readiness target set by…
SECDEF Mattis Wants 80 Percent of Super Hornets Mission Capable by Next Year
Pentagon leadership has set an aggressive timeline to improve the health of the Navy’s strike fighter force, according to a…
Report: Super Hornet Was Flying on One Engine Before Fatal Key West Crash
The post has been corrected to reflect the current Department of the Navy definition of a Class ‘A’ Mishap. An…
Weather Delays Return of VFA-213 to NAS Oceana
Due to inclement weather, the Fighting Blacklions of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 have postponed their scheduled return to their…
Super Hornet Squadron to Return to NAS Oceana Following Deadly Crash
A week after one of their F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft suffered a deadly crash, the Blacklions of Strike Fighter Squadron…