The U.S. Navy has lifted an operational pause imposed on its Super Hornet and Growler fleet following an accident in Whidbey Island on Dec. 16.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
In order for individual squadrons to resume flights, they had to implement a series of measures identified by Naval Air Systems Command and Boeing engineers into the accident on a EA-18G.