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Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet for Kuwait flies
Not only the Qatar Advanced Eagle (F-15QA) production is ramping up with Boeing at St. Louis Lambert International (MO), now the Super Hornets destined for the Kuwait Air Force start to see the daylight as well.
This Super Hornet, with Bureau Number (BuNo) 169731, is seen flying a test flight with callsign RED55 from St. Louis Lambert International (MO) on 2 July 2020. It was the first flight of this F/A-18F Block III for Kuwait, showing the now familiar primer colours. If our information is correct, this particular one already the fifth Super Hornet for Kuwait.
Back on 17 November 2016 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified for the approval to supply Kuwait F/A-18E/F Super Hornet with equipment, training facilities and support. The eventual sale of F/A-18 Super Hornets to Kuwait was held up by a delay in obtaining US State Department approval, however. By then, Kuwait had already ordered 28 Typhoons (in April 2016), with a mix of 22 single-seat and six two-seat aircraft. This led to some confusion as to whether Super Hornets or Typhoons would replace Kuwait’s fleet of 34 legacy F/A-18C/D Hornets, 40 of which had been delivered from October 1991.
The Kuwaiti order was originally expected to be for a total of 40 Super Hornets, including an initial batch of 28 aircraft, and with options on 12 more. Eventually Kuwait ordered 28 examples of the Typhoon and 28 Block III Super Hornets (same mix of 22 F/A-18E single-seat and six F/A-18F two-seat aircraft), expanding its fighter force and re-establishing a two-type frontline force.
Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet for Kuwait flies
Not only the Qatar Advanced Eagle (F-15QA) production is ramping up with Boeing at St. Louis Lambert International (MO), now the Super Hornets destined for the Kuwait Air Force start to see the daylight as well.
This Super Hornet, with Bureau Number (BuNo) 169731, is seen flying a test flight with callsign RED55 from St. Louis Lambert International (MO) on 2 July 2020. It was the first flight of this F/A-18F Block III for Kuwait, showing the now familiar primer colours. If our information is correct, this particular one already the fifth Super Hornet for Kuwait.
Back on 17 November 2016 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified for the approval to supply Kuwait F/A-18E/F Super Hornet with equipment, training facilities and support. The eventual sale of F/A-18 Super Hornets to Kuwait was held up by a delay in obtaining US State Department approval, however. By then, Kuwait had already ordered 28 Typhoons (in April 2016), with a mix of 22 single-seat and six two-seat aircraft. This led to some confusion as to whether Super Hornets or Typhoons would replace Kuwait’s fleet of 34 legacy F/A-18C/D Hornets, 40 of which had been delivered from October 1991.
The Kuwaiti order was originally expected to be for a total of 40 Super Hornets, including an initial batch of 28 aircraft, and with options on 12 more. Eventually Kuwait ordered 28 examples of the Typhoon and 28 Block III Super Hornets (same mix of 22 F/A-18E single-seat and six F/A-18F two-seat aircraft), expanding its fighter force and re-establishing a two-type frontline force.
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