Accession Number: 96-093-A
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Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda
25th Chief of Naval Operations: 23 April 1994-16 May 1996
Admiral Boorda drove the modernization of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. This aircraft is a redesign of the F/A-18 Hornet, replacing the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. It was developed during the end of the Cold War, when other aircraft programs were being cancelled for budgetary reasons.
LCDR Bill Reuter looks on as LCDR Lisa Novak ascends an F/A-18 Hornet at Naval Test Pilots School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
In 1991, the Navy began assigning women aviators to combat aircraft squadrons. By 1995, there were 206 female pilots, including 82 combat aviators. The nation's first "strike-fighter," the F/A-18 combines firepower with excellent fighter and self-defense capabilities. The Navy's Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron proudly flies them. In 2008 there were two female Blue Angels pilots.
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