Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet has war paint from first US air-to-air kill in 18 years
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The Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Sukhoi Su-22 fighter-bomber in the U.S. military's first air-to-air kill since 1999.
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What will replace the F/A-18 Hornet when it is retired? Will new fighters be acquired or will existing ones be upgraded, as was done with the F-15s and F-16s? - Quora
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F/A-18 gets awesome new paint job for the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation : r/Military
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