Two Super Hornet versions-the single-seat E model and the two-seat F model-are in production today and in service with the U.S. In May 2007, the Commonwealth of Australia signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance to buy 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets, becoming the first international Super Hornet customer. The Super Hornet was introduced into the U.S. F/A-18’s are also operated by the air forces of Australia, Canada, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Spain and Switzerland. naval aviation strike warfare well into the 21st century.
This aircraft will remain the backbone of U.S. The A/B evolved into the C/D Hornet in the 1980s and now the Super Hornet. The first A/B Hornet model entered service with the Navy in 1983. Northrop Grumman has delivered more than 1,800 fuselage “shipsets” since the F/A-18 program began in the 1970s. The most advanced multi-role strike fighter available today and for the foreseeable future, the Super Hornet has the capability, flexibility and performance necessary to modernize the air or naval aviation forces of any country.Īs principal subcontractor to The Boeing Company, Northrop Grumman produces the F/A-18’s aft/center fuselage section and vertical tails and integrates all associated subsystems at its facility in El Segundo, Calif. Navy’s frontline carrier-based strike fighter. Northrop Grumman has a principal role in the design and production of the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Block II, the U.S.
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