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The resolution honors and preserves the Navy's first Super Hornet for service-member recognition and public education, but it makes no policy or funding changes and may surface sensitive combat details that could raise public concern.
Service members and Navy units receive formal recognition and strengthened institutional memory through the reassembly and dedication of the inaugural Super Hornet (E1), supporting morale and preserving unit history.
Museum visitors and the general public gain access to the E1 Super Hornet exhibit, improving public education and access to naval aviation history.
Taxpayers and service members may face heightened concern or reputational risk because listing past combat operations and large airstrike tonnages could raise questions about combat posture and civilian harm without accompanying policy context or safeguards.
Americans receive no operational or financial benefits from the resolution because it does not change policy, authorize spending, or direct services; it is purely commemorative.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Records and recognizes historical milestones, operational uses, basing, manufacturing, and cultural significance of the F/A‑18E/F Super Hornet program.
Introduced January 28, 2026 by Eric Stephen Schmitt · Last progress January 28, 2026
Recognizes and records the history, milestones, operational use, basing, manufacturing, and cultural significance of the F/A‑18E/F Super Hornet program. It lists first flights and entry into service, configuration and size differences from the legacy Hornet, notable combat operations and deployments, training and basing locations, a museum loan and dedication, and recent operational activity including a February 1, 2025 carrier-based airstrike that delivered about 124,000 pounds of munitions.