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Navy/USMC

Navy Officer Wants Super Hornet Buy Beyond FY ’18

Pat Host

Thursday, August 18th, 2016

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Navy Officer Wants Super Hornet Buy Beyond FY ’18

A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet. (Photo: Boeing)

A key Navy officer said Thursday he is pushing for the sea service to continue buying F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters beyond fiscal year 2018.Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces and Commander of Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, said the Super Hornet platform is one the Navy will continue to modernize as the F-35 comes online. Shoemaker, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank in Washington, called the Super Hornet a “four-and-a-half” generation…

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