The United States Navy (US Navy) decided to invest in the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet when US Naval Aviation was in a difficult spot. The Grumman A-6 Intruder needed replacement, and the low-observable ...

From WWII dogfighters to supersonic interceptors, these iconic carrier aircraft forged the legacy of US naval air power as a ...

Despite never having been built, the Grumman Super Tomcat-21 (ST21) remains a point of fascination in aviation circles. ST21 symbolizes what could have been an exceptional evolution of a legendary ...

Despite never having been built, the Grumman Super Tomcat-21 (ST21) remains a point of fascination in aviation circles. ST21 ...

“No one is talking about it, but this is a big problem,” said Dr. Kristin Barnes, who flew in a precursor to the Super Hornet, the F-14 Tomcat, as a radar intercept officer for 22 years and th ...

VFA-103 have manned numerous different air craft over the years, including: FG-1D Corsair (1952), F9F-6/8B Cougar (1952–1957) ...

VFA-103 have manned numerous different air craft over the years, including: FG-1D Corsair (1952), F9F-6/8B Cougar (1952–1957) ...

VF-103 made its last deployment flying the F-14B Tomcat in 2004 aboard the USS John F. Kennedy, conducting missions in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, and the squadron transitioned to the F/A-18F ...

It has twin engines with afterburners and, like the F-14 Tomcat, uses variable sweep wings for efficient ... Boeing In the 1990s a heavily upgraded version, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, was developed ...

A $55.7 million F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM ...

This post has been updated with additional information on the timing of the incident. Two U.S. Navy aviators are safe after ...