An F/A-18E on final approach to landing. (Guy Toremans)

Boeing is scheduled to close the F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production line in 2025 following the last deliveries to the US Navy (USN), the company said on 23 February, although a new export order may keep the line open until 2027.

The USN holds the last Super Hornet orders, which Boeing will fulfil at a rate of two aircraft per month, the company told Janes. Deliveries to customers abroad – Australia and Kuwait operate the aircraft – have been completed. Boeing's final ongoing Super Hornet sales campaign is the Indian Navy's multirole carrier-borne fighter requirement for 57 fighter-bombers to equip its two aircraft carriers, competing against the Dassault Rafale.

The production line in St Louis, Missouri, employs approximately 1,500 people, Boeing told Janes. Resources and people currently devoted to F/A-18 production will be sent to other programmes, including the T-7 Red Hawk trainer, MQ-25 Stingray, and F-15EX Eagle, as well as wing components for the commercial 777X – all built in the former McDonnell Douglas factory at St Louis Lambert International Airport.

An F/A-18E on final approach to landing. (Guy Toremans)

Boeing is scheduled to close the F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production line in 2025 following the last deliveries to the US Navy (USN), the company said on 23 February, although a new export order may keep the line open until 2027.

The USN holds the last Super Hornet orders, which Boeing will fulfil at a rate of two aircraft per month, the company told Janes. Deliveries to customers abroad – Australia and Kuwait operate the aircraft – have been completed. Boeing's final ongoing Super Hornet sales campaign is the Indian Navy's multirole carrier-borne fighter requirement for 57 fighter-bombers to equip its two aircraft carriers, competing against the Dassault Rafale.

The production line in St Louis, Missouri, employs approximately 1,500 people, Boeing told Janes. Resources and people currently devoted to F/A-18 production will be sent to other programmes, including the T-7 Red Hawk trainer, MQ-25 Stingray, and F-15EX Eagle, as well as wing components for the commercial 777X – all built in the former McDonnell Douglas factory at St Louis Lambert International Airport.

An F/A-18E on final approach to landing. (Guy Toremans)

Boeing is scheduled to close the F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production line in 2025 following the last deliveries to the US Navy (USN), the company said on 23 February, although a new export order may keep the line open until 2027.

The USN holds the last Super Hornet orders, which Boeing will fulfil at a rate of two aircraft per month, the company told Janes. Deliveries to customers abroad – Australia and Kuwait operate the aircraft – have been completed. Boeing's final ongoing Super Hornet sales campaign is the Indian Navy's multirole carrier-borne fighter requirement for 57 fighter-bombers to equip its two aircraft carriers, competing against the Dassault Rafale.

The production line in St Louis, Missouri, employs approximately 1,500 people, Boeing told Janes. Resources and people currently devoted to F/A-18 production will be sent to other programmes, including the T-7 Red Hawk trainer, MQ-25 Stingray, and F-15EX Eagle, as well as wing components for the commercial 777X – all built in the former McDonnell Douglas factory at St Louis Lambert International Airport.

An F/A-18E on final approach to landing. (Guy Toremans)

Boeing is scheduled to close the F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production line in 2025 following the last deliveries to the US Navy (USN), the company said on 23 February, although a new export order may keep the line open until 2027.

The USN holds the last Super Hornet orders, which Boeing will fulfil at a rate of two aircraft per month, the company told Janes. Deliveries to customers abroad – Australia and Kuwait operate the aircraft – have been completed. Boeing's final ongoing Super Hornet sales campaign is the Indian Navy's multirole carrier-borne fighter requirement for 57 fighter-bombers to equip its two aircraft carriers, competing against the Dassault Rafale.

The production line in St Louis, Missouri, employs approximately 1,500 people, Boeing told Janes. Resources and people currently devoted to F/A-18 production will be sent to other programmes, including the T-7 Red Hawk trainer, MQ-25 Stingray, and F-15EX Eagle, as well as wing components for the commercial 777X – all built in the former McDonnell Douglas factory at St Louis Lambert International Airport.

An F/A-18E on final approach to landing. (Guy Toremans)

Boeing is scheduled to close the F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production line in 2025 following the last deliveries to the US Navy (USN), the company said on 23 February, although a new export order may keep the line open until 2027.

The USN holds the last Super Hornet orders, which Boeing will fulfil at a rate of two aircraft per month, the company told Janes. Deliveries to customers abroad – Australia and Kuwait operate the aircraft – have been completed. Boeing's final ongoing Super Hornet sales campaign is the Indian Navy's multirole carrier-borne fighter requirement for 57 fighter-bombers to equip its two aircraft carriers, competing against the Dassault Rafale.

The production line in St Louis, Missouri, employs approximately 1,500 people, Boeing told Janes. Resources and people currently devoted to F/A-18 production will be sent to other programmes, including the T-7 Red Hawk trainer, MQ-25 Stingray, and F-15EX Eagle, as well as wing components for the commercial 777X – all built in the former McDonnell Douglas factory at St Louis Lambert International Airport.

An F/A-18E on final approach to landing. (Guy Toremans)

Boeing is scheduled to close the F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production line in 2025 following the last deliveries to the US Navy (USN), the company said on 23 February, although a new export order may keep the line open until 2027.

The USN holds the last Super Hornet orders, which Boeing will fulfil at a rate of two aircraft per month, the company told Janes. Deliveries to customers abroad – Australia and Kuwait operate the aircraft – have been completed. Boeing's final ongoing Super Hornet sales campaign is the Indian Navy's multirole carrier-borne fighter requirement for 57 fighter-bombers to equip its two aircraft carriers, competing against the Dassault Rafale.

The production line in St Louis, Missouri, employs approximately 1,500 people, Boeing told Janes. Resources and people currently devoted to F/A-18 production will be sent to other programmes, including the T-7 Red Hawk trainer, MQ-25 Stingray, and F-15EX Eagle, as well as wing components for the commercial 777X – all built in the former McDonnell Douglas factory at St Louis Lambert International Airport.