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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Northrop Grumman Delivers Fuselage Section of First F/A 18F Super Hornet for Royal Australian Air Force

F/A-18F Super HornetNorthrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the center/aft fuselage section for the first F/A-18F Super Hornet for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the first international customer for the multirole fighter aircraft.

The "shipset," consisting of the aircraft's center/aft fuselage section, twin vertical tails and all associated subsystems, was shipped April 2 to The Boeing Company's F/A-18 production center in St. Louis, Mo., for mating with the forward fuselage section and final assembly.

The Australian government is purchasing 24 F/A-18Fs from the United States. The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet entered operational service with the U.S. Navy in 2001 as its combat-proven multirole fighter. (The "E" model has one cockpit seat; the "F" has two).

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