Boeing Gets Contract For Blue Angels Super Hornets

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Boeing Gets Contract For Blue Angels Super Hornets

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The Contract just awarded to Boeing by US NAVAIR Command Pax River is for 9 F/A-18E and 2 F/A-18F,will be ready by 2021:

https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2018/0 ... rnets.html
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Re: Boeing Gets Contract For Blue Angels Super Hornets

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What about the Thunderbirds? Are those F16's younger? Anybody for planning of those birds?
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Re: Boeing Gets Contract For Blue Angels Super Hornets

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https://www.airforce-technology.com/new ... alcon-jet/

They are doing a service life extension programme on the F-16 including the Thunderbird ones.
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