Boeing gets contract to convert 11 F/A-18E/Fs into Blue Angel configuration

Starting from 2022, the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels will be flying the F/A-18E during airshows. Boeing has received a $17 million contract to convert nine F/A-18Es and 2 F/A-18Fs into the Blue Angel configuration.

Blue Angels Flying in Delta Formation at Miramar
By Dirk Hansen (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons


Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri, and is expected to be completed in December 2021.

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