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Navy Weighing Recovery of Super Hornet Lost in Mediterranean Sea
A F/A-18E Super Hornet from the ‘Blue Blasters’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 prepares to launch from USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on March 17, 2022. USNI News Photo
The Navy has not yet made a determination if the service will recover a F/A-18 Super Hornet that blew off the deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).
The service announced Sunday that the Super Hornet was blown overboard on Friday due to heavy weather in the Mediterranean Sea. There was no personnel in the aircraft at the time,...
https://news.usni.org/2022/07/11/navy-weighing-recovery-of-super-hornet-lost-in-mediterranean-sea
Super Hornet Crashes Near China Lake, Pilot in Stable Condition
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on July 8, 2019. US Navy Photo
This post will be updated with additional information as it becomes available.
A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed near Naval Air Station China Lake, Calif., on Tuesday, a service official told USNI News.
The single-seat Super Hornet from NAS Lemoore, Calif., was on a...
https://news.usni.org/2020/10/20/super-hornet-crashes-near-china-lake-pilot-in-stable-condition
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 training accidents, according to USNI News records and Navy and Marine Corps reports.
Cpl. Alejandro Romero, USMC
Bravo Company, 3rd RECON, 3rd MARDIV, III MEF
Jan. 22
Marine Corps Cpl. Alejandro Romero.
Romero, 22, was training at the Multi-Mission Parachute Course in Arizona when his main canopy failed to fully deploy on his the exit from the aircraft.
He was unable to completely cut away the...
https://news.usni.org/2018/12/28/2018-navy-marine-corps-on-duty-deaths
Navy Working Through Plan to Hit 80 Percent Hornet Mission Capable Target
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, is parked on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) US Navy Photo
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Navy is working through how it will try and hit the ambitious readiness target set by Secretary of Defense James Mattis for Hornet and Super Hornet fighters, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition James “Hondo” Guerts said on Tuesday.
https://news.usni.org/2018/10/17/navy-working-plan-hit-80-percent-hornet-mission-capable-target
SECDEF Mattis Wants 80 Percent of Super Hornets Mission Capable by Next Year
Airman Louis Calderon wipes down the window of an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on June 2, 2018. US Navy Photo
Pentagon leadership has set an aggressive timeline to improve the health of the Navy’s strike fighter force, according to a new directive from Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis obtained by USNI News.
The Navy’s fleet of F/A-18 Hornets...