Posted: May 23, 2018 5:20 PM
Navy’s First Block III Super Hornet Squadron to Deploy in Late 2022
By RICHARD R. BURGESS, Managing Editor
Hornet2ARLINGTON, Va. — The first Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters are planned for deployment in late 2022, Boeing officials said, while the first two test aircraft will be delivered next year.
Speaking to reporters May 23 in Arlington, Virginia, Dan Gillian, Boeing’s vice president of F/A-18 and EA-18 Programs for Strike, Surveillance and Mobility, said the last six Super Hornets in the fiscal 2019 procurement will be Block III versions. Subsequent production will be Block IIIs, and many Block IIs going through Service Life Modification (SLM) will be upgraded to Block IIIs.
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