The U.S. Navy’s replacement of the F-14 Tomcat with the F/A-18 Super Hornet, as seen in the “Top Gun” films, was driven by cost and a post-Cold War mission shift. -The F-14 was a specialized, ...

The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, born from the ashes of canceled 1990s programs, became the pragmatic and reliable backbone of U.S ...

The latest F/A-18 Super Hornet crash off Virginia adds to a string of recent Navy mishaps after a pilot survived a water landing during a routine training exercise.

Boeing has revealed a glimpse of its entry for the US Navy's F/A-XX competition, a sixth-gen carrier-based fighter plane designed to replace the aging F/A-18 Super Hornet.

From the A-4 Skyhawk to the F/A-18 Hornet, the US Navy’s Blue Angels have dazzled spectators with a variety of aircraft.

Two pilots were killed in October 2024 when an EA-18G Growler, a Super Hornet variant, crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington. Another plane was shot down by friendly fire in the Red Sea in December ...

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a pilot from VFA-83 'Rampagers' was safely recovered from the sea after ejecting from an F/A-18E Super Hornet during a training flight.

The pilot ejected from the F/A-18E Super Hornet during what officials called a routine training flight and was rescued by search crews at around 11:20 a.m.

A Navy pilot was rescued after ejecting from a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, like the one pictured here, off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday morning.

The U.S. Navy, as a standalone, operates one of the largest air forces in the world The F.A-18 Super Hornet can hit speeds ...

The US Navy currently operates around 550 Super Hornets, and Boeing is building the final batch of the carrier-based multirole fighters at its facility in St. Louis, Missouri.

The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet was introduced in 1999 and has become a staple combat aircraft of the U.S. Navy It can be equipped with air-to-air missiles, joint direct attack munitions (drop/guided bombs ...