
The Navy accepted the first new operational Boeing [BA] Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornets last month, the service and company said Sept. 27. The aircraft was delivered to Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., for continued developmental testing on Aug. 31. The Navy said the next several new Block III Super Hornets will travel to VX-9, at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake, Calif., to start training for operational testing. During this…