The US Navy has announced it will ground its entire fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters and EA-18 Growler electronic warfare jets after an incident at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island ...

In March 2024, the Navy secured a deal that would acquire 17 Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets from Boeing ... for both Hornet ...

According to a report from USNI News, the EA-18 Growler—the electronic warfare (EW) variant of the United States Navy's Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet—was based out of Naval Air Station Whidbey ...

That includes the two Growler crashes, the friendly fire incident in which USS Gettysburg (CG-64) shot down a F/A-18F Super Hornet and a December 2024 incident in which an MH-60S Knight Hawk ...

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Salvage and recovery operations for the jet that crashed in San Diego Bay were completed this week, according to a statement from the U.S. Navy Wednesday.

San Diego Bay reaches depths of 21 feet in places. The local San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper reported that the Growler, an F/A-18 Hornet variant used by the Navy for electronic warfare — thanks to ...

The EA-18G Growler, a modified version of the F-18 designed for radar and communications jamming, has been in service for over a decade. However, this crash marks the second incident involving a ...

Two Navy pilots were pulled from San Diego Bay after they ejected from their E/A-18 Growler before it crashed into the water Wednesday morning. The incident, which occurred west of Naval Air ...

Wednesday’s mishap is now the fourth crash involving U.S. military aircraft already this year. The two crewmembers of a United States Navy EA-18 Growler were reported to be in stable condition ...