New Jet Fighter Makes Its First Carrier Landing

The Navy landed its new FA-18E/F Super Hornet attack fighter on the deck of a carrier for the first time Saturday in trials off the coast of North Carolina.

Officers had high praise for the jet criticized by congressional auditors as redundant. “So far she has five landings and five cat shots (catapult takeoffs), and she’s performed brilliantly,” said Capt. Robert Klosterman, commander of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis.