The F/A-18 Super Hornet first entered fleet service with the U.S. Navy in 1999. Here’s a look the Super Hornet during recent flight operations.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet from the “Fighting Redcocks” of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-22 makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in the South China Sea, May 6, 2025.

Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Tomas R. Valdes/U.S. Navy