Boeing delivered its first F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III to the US Navy on 31 August 2021. (Boeing)

The US Navy (USN) has inducted around 33 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Block IIIs into the air fleet, including around 20 for operational squadrons VFA-25 and VFA-113, with the remainder going to test units. The operational squadrons, which are based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California, and fly the single-seat F/A-18E, are both gearing up for carrier deployments, Captain Jason Denney, F/A-18 and EA-18G programme manager, told Janes. Although he declined to specify when the squadrons will deploy, aircraft carrier air wings usually begin training around a year before deployment.

Use by operational squadrons far exceeds the number of hours that can be flown in a test environment. Now that the Block III is in the fleet, it is performing well so far, Capt Denney said.

“There are, like anything new, growing pains with reliability [and] maintainability. We've been working with Boeing and their vendors to correct some of these things as we go forward,” Capt Denney told Janes,

Boeing delivered its first F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III to the US Navy on 31 August 2021. (Boeing)

The US Navy (USN) has inducted around 33 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Block IIIs into the air fleet, including around 20 for operational squadrons VFA-25 and VFA-113, with the remainder going to test units. The operational squadrons, which are based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California, and fly the single-seat F/A-18E, are both gearing up for carrier deployments, Captain Jason Denney, F/A-18 and EA-18G programme manager, told Janes. Although he declined to specify when the squadrons will deploy, aircraft carrier air wings usually begin training around a year before deployment.

Use by operational squadrons far exceeds the number of hours that can be flown in a test environment. Now that the Block III is in the fleet, it is performing well so far, Capt Denney said.

“There are, like anything new, growing pains with reliability [and] maintainability. We've been working with Boeing and their vendors to correct some of these things as we go forward,” Capt Denney told Janes,

Boeing delivered its first F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III to the US Navy on 31 August 2021. (Boeing)

The US Navy (USN) has inducted around 33 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Block IIIs into the air fleet, including around 20 for operational squadrons VFA-25 and VFA-113, with the remainder going to test units. The operational squadrons, which are based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California, and fly the single-seat F/A-18E, are both gearing up for carrier deployments, Captain Jason Denney, F/A-18 and EA-18G programme manager, told Janes. Although he declined to specify when the squadrons will deploy, aircraft carrier air wings usually begin training around a year before deployment.

Use by operational squadrons far exceeds the number of hours that can be flown in a test environment. Now that the Block III is in the fleet, it is performing well so far, Capt Denney said.

“There are, like anything new, growing pains with reliability [and] maintainability. We've been working with Boeing and their vendors to correct some of these things as we go forward,” Capt Denney told Janes,

Boeing delivered its first F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III to the US Navy on 31 August 2021. (Boeing)

The US Navy (USN) has inducted around 33 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Block IIIs into the air fleet, including around 20 for operational squadrons VFA-25 and VFA-113, with the remainder going to test units. The operational squadrons, which are based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California, and fly the single-seat F/A-18E, are both gearing up for carrier deployments, Captain Jason Denney, F/A-18 and EA-18G programme manager, told Janes. Although he declined to specify when the squadrons will deploy, aircraft carrier air wings usually begin training around a year before deployment.

Use by operational squadrons far exceeds the number of hours that can be flown in a test environment. Now that the Block III is in the fleet, it is performing well so far, Capt Denney said.

“There are, like anything new, growing pains with reliability [and] maintainability. We've been working with Boeing and their vendors to correct some of these things as we go forward,” Capt Denney told Janes,

Boeing delivered its first F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III to the US Navy on 31 August 2021. (Boeing)

The US Navy (USN) has inducted around 33 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Block IIIs into the air fleet, including around 20 for operational squadrons VFA-25 and VFA-113, with the remainder going to test units. The operational squadrons, which are based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California, and fly the single-seat F/A-18E, are both gearing up for carrier deployments, Captain Jason Denney, F/A-18 and EA-18G programme manager, told Janes. Although he declined to specify when the squadrons will deploy, aircraft carrier air wings usually begin training around a year before deployment.

Use by operational squadrons far exceeds the number of hours that can be flown in a test environment. Now that the Block III is in the fleet, it is performing well so far, Capt Denney said.

“There are, like anything new, growing pains with reliability [and] maintainability. We've been working with Boeing and their vendors to correct some of these things as we go forward,” Capt Denney told Janes,

Boeing delivered its first F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III to the US Navy on 31 August 2021. (Boeing)

The US Navy (USN) has inducted around 33 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Block IIIs into the air fleet, including around 20 for operational squadrons VFA-25 and VFA-113, with the remainder going to test units. The operational squadrons, which are based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California, and fly the single-seat F/A-18E, are both gearing up for carrier deployments, Captain Jason Denney, F/A-18 and EA-18G programme manager, told Janes. Although he declined to specify when the squadrons will deploy, aircraft carrier air wings usually begin training around a year before deployment.

Use by operational squadrons far exceeds the number of hours that can be flown in a test environment. Now that the Block III is in the fleet, it is performing well so far, Capt Denney said.

“There are, like anything new, growing pains with reliability [and] maintainability. We've been working with Boeing and their vendors to correct some of these things as we go forward,” Capt Denney told Janes,