Navy to request for 16 Super Hornets

The U.S. Navy will request to buy 2 Super Hornets for fiscal 2017 budget and 14 more aircraft in fiscal 2018, Reuters reported.

FA-18E of VFA-195 landing on USS George Washington in June 2015
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Mai [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

12 more jets will be under the “unfunded priorities” list for fiscal 2017 request.

The sailing branch will also request to buy 64 F-35Cs and 97 F-35Bs over the next five-years.

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