F/A Block III Delivery

The U.S. Navy's first Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet takes off at St. Louis Lambert Field ahead of its delivery flight to Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, on Friday September 24, 2021. Boeing delivered the first of 78 contracted Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets to the U.S. Navy. Photo by Boeing/UPI