Marine Corps aviation,struggling to meet its operational and training missions with a shrinking fleet of aged F/A-18 Hornets, is pushing a program to recover and update 30 out-of-service F/A-18Cs in an effort to remain combat alert until the unusual F-35B is fielded in numbers. The Marines have contracted with Boeing to refurbish (to brighten, freshen or polish; to restore or improve) and modernize […]
Source: usni.org