RAAF Super Hornets A44-204, A44-203 and A44-202 wait for acceptance at Naval Air Station Lemoore. (Dept of Defence)
The RAAF has officially accepted the first of 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets at a ceremony at NAS Lemoore in California on February 18.
The aircraft, A44-203, was signed over to the DMO by representatives of the US Defense Contract Management Agency in the presence of RAAF and US Navy officials.
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Aircrews and maintenance personnel from the RAAF’s 1SQN have been training on the Super Hornet at Lemoore for over a year and are preparing to bring the first four jets home to Australia in late March.
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