In March 2024, the Navy secured a deal that would acquire 17 Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets from Boeing for a grand total ...
Lockheed Martin continues to struggle to produce enough aircraft to fill all of its orders. That will likely require the Marine Corps to keep flying the F/A-18 Hornet for a bit longer.
The US Navy is officially using the term "Murder Hornet" to describe F/A-18 fighter jets armed with nine air-to-air missiles, a munition configuration first spotted amid Red Sea combat operations ...