vikingman Posted February 15, 2025 Report Posted February 15, 2025 (edited) På relativt kort tid har tre stycken F/A-18 Super Hornet/ Growlers kraschat tillhörande US Navy. Den 15 oktober 2024 kraschade en EA-18G Growler vid Mount Rainier, staten Washington. Båda piloterna dödades. Vraket hittades på en höjd av 1800 meter. Den 22 december 2024 lyfte en F/A-18F Super Hornet från hangarfartyget USS Harry S. Truman som opererade i Röda havet och träffades av en SM-2 mark-till-luft-missil som avfyrades från USS Gettysburg som opererade i samma område. De två piloterna ombord sköt ut sig med lindriga skador och räddades. Den 12 februari 2025 krashade en EA-18G Growler i San Diego Bay under landning till Naval Air Station North Island. Båda piloterna sköt ut sig och plockades upp av en chartrad sportfiskebåt. De båda EA-18G Growlers var baserade på Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, staten Washington men på olika skvadroner. Flygplanet som kraschade vid Mount Rainier tillhörde skvadronen VAQ-130, kända som Zappers. Det som kraschade i San Diego Bay tillhörde skvadronen VAQ-135, bär namnet Black Ravens. US Navy confirms loss of two aviators in EA-18G Growler crash on Mount Rainier Growler Mishap near Mt. Rainier in Washington state Two US Navy F/A-18 pilots shot down in ‘friendly fire’ incident over Red Sea US Navy pilots break free as EA-18G Growler jet slams into San Diego Bay: video EA-18G Growler 166855, coded NL-520, operated by VAQ-135, crashed in the San Diego Bay near NAS North Island. Aviation Safety Network Edited February 15, 2025 by vikingman Quote
vikingman Posted July 7, 2025 Author Report Posted July 7, 2025 What Happened to Australia’s Retired F/A-18 Hornets? (2025 Update) Quote
vikingman Posted July 29, 2025 Author Report Posted July 29, 2025 Händelsen inträffade på söndagen vid San Lorenzo-bukten i Asturien i norra Spanien. US Hornet Demo Pilot Reacts! – Spanish F/A-18 Hornet Nearly Crashes at Beach! Former F/A-18 Hornet pilots Mover, Gonky, and WOMBAT react to shocking footage of a Spanish Hornet that came dangerously close to crashing during a low beach flyby. The near-disaster was all caught on video. Gonky, a former US Navy Hornet demo pilot, shares his insights into what may have gone wrong. Quote
vikingman Posted August 3, 2025 Author Report Posted August 3, 2025 (edited) Max Villman kommenterar flyguppvisningen med F/A-18 i Spanien! Edited August 3, 2025 by vikingman Quote
vikingman Posted May 24 Author Report Posted May 24 Två EA-18G Growlers kolliderade under flyguppvisning vid Mountain Home AFB, Idaho Air Show söndagen 17 maj 2026. De fyra besättningsmännen kunde skjuta ut sig oskadda. Man kan ju undra varför de väljer att flyga dessa väldigt dyra flygplan som inte är tillverkade i alltför stort antal i en flyguppvisning. Artikel i The War Zone: https://www.twz.com/air/navy-e-a-18g-growlers-collide-at-idaho-air-show Quote
vikingman Posted May 26 Author Report Posted May 26 Last New F/A-18 Aft Fuselages Built As Super Hornet Production End Approaches. Artikel på The War Zone. https://www.twz.com/air/last-new-f-a-18-aft-fuselages-built-as-super-hornet-production-end-approaches Boeing expects to close out production of new Super Hornets in 2027 and has already stopped building EA-18G Growlers. Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet production line is one major step closer to shuttering with the completion of the last batch of fuselage sections and vertical tails for those jets by subcontractor Northrop Grumman. The company has also confirmed that production of the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare jets ended after the completion of orders for the U.S. Navy and Australia in the late 2010s. Boeing does plan to continue working on upgrades and otherwise supporting Super Hornets and Growlers in service with the U.S. Navy and elsewhere globally. The Navy first began flying Super Hornets and Growlers in 1999 and 2009, respectively. It remains, by far, the largest operator of both types worldwide. As of April 9, 2025, the service had 325 single-seat F/A-18Es, 250 two-seat F/A-18Fs, and 160 EA-18Gs in inventory, according to official budget documents. In cooperation with Boeing, the Navy is also continuing to bring more F/A-18E/Fs up to the latest Block III standard, which you can read more about here. As noted, the Growler fleet is also being upgraded. Quote
vikingman Posted June 20 Author Report Posted June 20 (edited) En F/A-18 Hornet kraschade vid Mount Rainer lördagen den 13 juni 2026. Piloten kunde skjuta ut sig ur flygplanet. Flygplanet, som tillhörde marinkårens Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, genomförde en rutinövning när det kraschade, bekräftade militären. I oktober 2024 omkom två piloter från US Navy när deras EA-18G Growler kraschade öster om Mount Rainier. https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2026/06/15/fa-18-hornet-crashes-in-washington-state-wildfire-subsequently-reported/ Edited June 20 by vikingman 1 Quote
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