Navy Super Hornets Getting the Best Electronic Warfare Suite They'll Ever Have
21 Dec 2023, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy awarded defense contractor Raytheon an $80 million contract to prototype a new electronic warfare system for the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet
Northrop YF-17 Cobra: The Long Forgotten Common Ancestor of the Hornet and Super Hornet
19 Apr 2023, 06:04 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In order to trace the heritage of the F/A-18 platform back to its most primordial routes, you have to slip the bounds of its maker to another company entirely.
The FA/18 Super Hornet's Days Are Numbered, Here's Why It's Not the End of the World
7 Mar 2023, 20:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's incredibly sad when a pin-up poster darling vehicle retires. But come on now, no airplane can fly forever. Not the F-15, not the F-22, and not the F/A-18.
Boeing to Kill the U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet in 2025, Might Still Make It for Others
24 Feb 2023, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Boeing announced this week it will stop making new F/A-18 Super Hornets for the U.S. Navy from 2025, others might still get them until 2027
Navy Super Hornets Flew Litening Pod for the First Time, Targets Never Looked So Colorful
12 Sep 2022, 06:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman said U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet flew the Litening advanced targeting pod for the first time
Navy Recovers the Super Hornet That Was Shockingly Blown Off a Carrier by Wind
10 Aug 2022, 03:09 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S. Navy succeeded in retrieving another one of its aircraft from great depth, this time from the Mediterranean Sea
Navy Trying to Recover the $50M Super Hornet That Got Blown Off a Carrier by Wind
12 Jul 2022, 05:18 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S. 6th Fleet is still investigating the baffling reasons that caused a $50 million, 32,000-pound Super Hornet to be blown overboard
Ace Combat 7 Top Gun - Maverick DLC Review (PC): Does It Live Up to the Hype of the Movie?
17 Jun 2022, 17:37 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / First thing's first, if you were hoping for some profound change in in-game mechanics or an eclectic set of new missions, this isn't the DLC for you.
Tom Cruise Really Thought He’d Be Allowed to Pilot an F/A-18 Super Hornet for Top Gun
18 May 2022, 06:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tom Cruise leaves no stunt to the stuntmen if he can do it himself, but the US Navy ultimately denied his request to pilot the warbird himself
F/A-18 Super Hornets Put On an Aircraft Carrier Show Before Top Gun: Maverick Premiere
13 May 2022, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy releases a couple of images showing the F/A-18E Super Hornets in action at sea, just in time for the release of Top Gun: Maverick
F/A-18 Super Hornet Fires Anti-Radiation Missile, Engages Target on California Island
8 Feb 2022, 08:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman tested the AARGM-ER missile again, firing it from an F/A-18 Super Hornet at an island target
Most Advanced F/A-18 Super Hornet Ever Gets Massive Touchscreen, Reduced Radar Signature
28 Sep 2021, 09:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing delivers to the Navy the first F/A-18 Super Hornet upgraded to Block III configuration, 77 more to come by the year 2030
Fresh Video Shows Moment When Military Drone Links Up with Fighter Jet for IFR
3 Aug 2021, 08:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Boeing releases a fresh video of the MQ-25 Stingray performing an in-flight refueling (IFR) of a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet
F/A-18 Super Hornet Launches Long-Range Anti-Radiation Missile in Live-Fire Test
3 Aug 2021, 07:25 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The U.S. Navy has demonstrated the long range capability of its new Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) in a live-fire test.
For the First Time, An MQ-25 Stingray Drone Refuels Another Aircraft Mid-Flight
7 Jun 2021, 15:26 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On June 4th, an MQ-25 Stingray successfully refueled an F/A-18 Super Hornet mid-flight for the first time in the history of aviation
The Hellcat Has Nothing on This Blue Angel Super Hornet Enjoying The Sunset
1 Aug 2020, 09:35 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / U.S. Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron savors its first days with the blue and gold Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet that just arrived in its new livery