Aircraft
Boeing Hands Over First Block III Super Hornet
The next major iteration of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has moved a step closer to operational fielding with the delivery of the first production aircraft.
The first production Block III Super Hornet takes off from Lambert Field for its delivery flight to the U.S. Navy at Patuxent River. (Photo: Boeing)
The first production Block III Super Hornet takes off from Lambert Field for its delivery flight to the U.S. Navy at Patuxent River. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing has delivered the first production Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet to the U.S. Navy. The aircraft, an F/A-18F two-seater, was flown on September 27 from the factory at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, to the Navy’s main aircraft test center at Patuxent River, Maryland. It will undergo tests with VX-23 before being allocated to a front-line squadron. The first of two Block III aircraft intended for initial tests made its maiden flight on June 4, 2020, and both aircraft have been at Patuxent River since.


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