Aircrew members ejected safely and were rescued after a U.S. Navy F/A-18F from the USS Truman was shot down in a friendly fire incident. On Dec. 22, 2024, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman, was shot down...
The refuelings took place over the Gulf of Aden as the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) conducted a Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) with the Italian Navy’s ITS Cavour CSG. Two U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, belonging to Strike Fighter...
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in navigation. (Image credit: U.S. Navy) The ships and aircraft of the USS Eisenhower’s Carrier Strike Group had an eventful deployment with lots of lessons learned that are now being used to inform the U.S. Navy...
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25, launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the South China Sea, June 10, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist...
Personnel from the USS Eisenhower’s Weapons Department posing with some of the air launched weapons available to the Carrier Air Wing. (Image credit: Capt. Chris Hill) Among the showcased weapons there is also the rarely seen GBU-56 Laser JDAM with the...
F/A-18E of VFA-192 carrying two air-launched SM-6 missiles (Image credit: @aeros808) The two missiles sport the designation XAIM-174B and were carried by Super Hornets belonging to the VFA-2 and VFA-192 taking part in RIMPAC 2024 exercise. On Jul. 2, 2024, an...
An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the “Rampagers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, takes off from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Arabian Gulf Nov. 29, 2023. (U.S. Navy...
An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the “Rampagers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, lands on the flight deck during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 28, 2023....
The first F/A-18 arrives at St. Louis airport to be upgraded from the Block II to the Block III configuration. (Screenshot from Boeing’s video) The U.S. Navy delivered to Boeing the first Block II aircraft that will be upgraded to the...
An F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Jan. 15, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chandler...
