WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) announced the Senate passed his bipartisan resolution honoring the F/A-18 Super Hornet's thirty years of service.
"A little over thirty years ago, Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Fred Madenwald climbed into the cockpit of a F/A-18 Super Hornet at Lambert Field and flew the aircraft for the first time. Since then, the F/A-18 Super Hornet, which was manufactured in my hometown of St. Louis, has become an indispensable component of the Navy's carrier-based fleet. Its reliability, combat performance, and decades of service are a testament to the expertise and skill of the people who build this machine, the servicemembers that maintaine...