Boeing Begins Block III Upgrades On U.S. Navy's Super Hornets
The U.S. Navy delivered to Boeing the first Super Hornet Block II aircraft that will be upgraded to the new Block III configuration.
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The U.S. Navy delivered to Boeing the first Super Hornet Block II aircraft that will be upgraded to the new Block III configuration.
However, the Lightning costs a lot more and is rife with issues. Here's What You Need To Remember: When facing threatening adversaries, the two aircraft types could potentially synergize well, with the Lightning, confined to lighter internal weapons loads when flying in a stealthy configuration, ferreting out targets for the Super Hornets to slug away at from a relatively safe distance. In June, the U.S. Navy released a budget allocating $264.9 million towards upgrading its roughly six hundred FA-18E and F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fighters to the new Block III standard, which includes...