In March 2024, the Navy secured a deal that would acquire 17 Block III F/A ... F/A-18 Hornet came in at $13 million. If you ...

And while they may not be stealth aircraft, the U.S. Navy’s older F/A-18 Super Hornet platform would also be called to action in such a conflict. This tried and trusted fighter has served the ...

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with the AARGM-ER. Credit: Northrop Grumman/U.S. Navy SINGAPORE—The Australian Defense Department announced on Jan. 30 that it will spend A$650 million ...

The IRST Block II enhances ‘situational awareness by supplementing air-to-air detection and track capabilities, and autonomously or in combination with ...

The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.

TASS/. The Australian air force’s fleet of decommissioned F-18 Hornet fighter jets could potentially be sent to Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to Canberra Alexey Pavlovsky said. "The issue [for ...

NORFOLK, Virginia (NNS) — The last Navy F/A-18C Hornet ... F Super Hornets. VFA-106 is the Navy's East Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron, which trains naval aviators to fly the F/A-18 Super ...

The U.S. Navy announced initial operational capability for the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II system for the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet ...

Learn how the US Navy is upgrading its Super Hornet fleet's sensor to improve aircrew tracking and targeting capabilities.