Super Hornets fly at NAS.The first week of 2007 saw Boeing deliver the 11th F/A-18E/F Super Hornet The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a carrier-based fighter/attack aircraft that entered service in 1999 with the United States Navy. The fighter has recently been ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force. Block 2 to the US Naval Air Station Oceana Naval Air Station Oceana or NAS Oceana (IATA: NTU, ICAO: KNTU, FAA LID: NTU) is a military airport located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a United States Navy Master Jet Base (a base that offers 24 hour service and fuel). in Virginia. The Super Hornets are equipped with Raytheon's APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array An Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), also known as active phased array radar is a type of radar whose transmitter and receiver functions are composed of numerous small transmit/receive (T/R) modules. (AESA) radar, which can track more targets and at a longer range than previous radars. Boeing is delivering the Block 2 aircraft to two squadrons at NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular Oceana, the Black Lions of VFA-213 and the Gladiators of VA-106. The Radar is currently completing an operational evaluation that began in July 2006. |
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