20 October 2023 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast completes final F/A-18 Hornet Center Barrel Replacement Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) completes final F/A-18 Hornet Center Barrel Replacement...
31 May 2022 The TOPGUN Legacy: Making Mavericks with Capt. Brian Ferguson Capt. Brian “Ferg” Ferguson has spent a significant portion of his career involved with air-to-air combat training exercises like the one described above. Ferguson attended the Adversary Instructor Course at the Navy Fighter Weapons School, also known as TOPGUN. He also commanded the Fighting Saints...
02 November 2021 NAVSUP WSS Integrated Weapons Support Team Slashes Unfilled GCU Orders to Zero PHILADELPHIA - Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support’s (NAVSUP WSS) F/A-18 Integrated Weapon Support Team (IWST) achieved a significant milestone in September, reaching zero unfilled customer orders for the entire F/A-18 Super Hornet Generator Converter Unit (GCU) portfolio. For the...
04 October 2021 NAVSUP WSS fixed-wing contracts fuel cost-saving initiatives PHILADELPHIA - The Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE) implemented Naval Sustainment System-Aviation (NSS-A) in 2019 to boost mission capable (MC) rates of F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fleets to 80 percent. With that goal achieved, NSS-A focus turned to sustaining and expanding on early...
29 September 2021 Navy Continues Block III Super Hornet Testing, Accepts First New Production Jet NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the first new-production Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet on Aug. 31...