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 ...

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.

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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 ...

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 ...

The F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet is the most advanced ... T-7A Red Hawk, EA-18G Growler, CH-47 Chinook, Chinook Block II and a few more. Other aerospace defense companies that are likely to ...

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 ...