Summary and Key Points: The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is an upgraded, larger, and more capable variant of the original F/A-18 Hornet, featuring advanced thrust-vectoring engines, improved ...

The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter is going out of production in 2025, after 26 years. The Super Hornet was designed as a bigger, beefier Hornet. Super Hornets in service today will ...

F/A-18 Super Hornet: The U.S. Navy’s Enhanced Carrier Fighter A redesigned variant of the F/A-18C and D Hornet, Boeing F/A-18E, and F/A-18F are larger and more capable than its predecessor.

The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter production line will shut down in two years. The Super Hornet, developed in the 1990s as a jumbo version of the original F/A-18C Hornet, is the U.S ...

Jet Overboard! Navy Super Hornet Falls Off Aircraft Carrier, Takes Tow Tractor With It. 29 Apr 2025, 07:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An F/A-18E Super Hornet and the tractor that was towing in ...

1 of 4 | An F/A-18E Super Hornet lands on the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the North Sea on Oct. 18, 2024. An F/A-18E was lost at sea during a towing incident in the Truman's ...

The earliest version of the Hornet, the F/A-18A, first flew in 1978. The Super Hornet — which includes the single-seat F/A-18E and the two-seat F/A-18F — made its maiden flight in 1995.

The Boeing Company delivered two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet test jets to the U.S. Navy in June 2020, with production to follow successful testing and a contract in place to provide 78 new-build ...

While the Super Hornet is an evolution of the F/A-18 Hornet, the two fighter jets are like completely different machines. Here's how they stack up.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, launches from the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Logan Mcguire.