US oks $5.23bn FMS from Canada for 18 F/A-18E/F fighter jets

The US State Department yesterday approved a $5.23bn Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada for 18 F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on its website. Read more

A US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31 demonstrates a fly-by during an air power demonstration for a tiger cruise aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
(Credit: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary P. Wickline)