Boeing has completed production of the first Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornet with an electronic attack aircraft capability.

The company is currently pre-wiring the RAAF’s second lot of 12 Super Hornets for electronic attack capability conversion during production at its facility in St Louis, US.

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Australia will acquire 24 of the advanced block II versions of the Super Hornet, equipped with the Raytheon-built APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.

A multirole aircraft, the Super Hornet can perform missions including air superiority, day / night strike with precision-guided weapons, fighter escort, close air support and suppression of enemy air defences.

Boeing will deliver the 24th Super Hornet to the RAAF in 2011.

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