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Boeing Wins $93Mln Maintenance Order for F/A-18 Hornet Carrier Combat Jets

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The Boeing Company has received a contract from the US Navy to perform maintenance work on carrier-based F/A-18 Hornet combat jets, the Department of Defense... 12.04.2016, Sputnik International

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Boeing Wins $93Mln Maintenance Order for F/A-18 Hornet Carrier Combat Jets

00:52 GMT 12.04.2016 (Updated: 20:04 GMT 19.10.2022)

U.S. Marines work atop an F/A-18 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group boneyard in Tucson, Ariz - Sputnik International

The Boeing Company has received a contract from the US Navy to perform maintenance work on carrier-based F/A-18 Hornet combat jets, the Department of Defense said in an announcement.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Work on the aircraft will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida, and is expected to be completed in December 2016, the announcement added.

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"The Boeing Company, Jacksonville, Florida, is being awarded $93.8 million… contract…for depot-level maintenance support and sustainment for the F/A-18 A/B/C/D aircraft," the announcement stated on Monday.

The F/A-18 Hornet, originally designed and built by McDonnell-Douglas before its merger with Boeing, is a twin-engine supersonic, all weather carrier aircraft designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft.