First Block III Super Hornets Deliver for Testing, As Navy Nears Final Decision Point on Future F/A-18 Buys

F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet test at the St. Louis International Airport. Boeing Photo

The Navy has accepted delivery of its first two Block III Super Hornets to begin testing, even as the pressure is on to decide within the next year or so what its path forward is with continuing to buy new jets from manufacturer Boeing or focusing on developing a next-generation aircraft.

Boeing announced today that it had delivered the first two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets to the U.S. Navy for flight...

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/17/first-block-iii-super-hornets-deliver-for-testing-as-navy-nears-final-decision-on-future-f-a-18-buys

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