A US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Came Home on Oct. 1 Wearing a Submarine Kill Marking, Reported as the First Ever on the Type, for a Kilo-Class Sub Bombed Where It Sat in Port

A US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Came Home on Oct. 1 Wearing a Submarine Kill Marking, Reported as the First Ever on the Type, for a Kilo-Class Sub Bombed Where It Sat in Port

An F/A-18F Super Hornet from VFA-41, the “Black Aces,” returned to NAS Lemoore on Oct. 1 with a broken submarine silhouette and the words “Sub Buster” under its cockpit, above bomb icons from Operation Epic Fury. The Aviationist believes it is the first submarine kill ever worn by a Super Hornet; the likely victim is one of Iran’s three Kilo-class boats, bombed in port. VFA-41 expended 426 munitions, including 44 air-to-air missiles.