Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 is an aviation unit of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, United States. The squadron was established on 22 July 1995. Usin
Aircraft assigned to VX-23 include EA-6B, F/A-18E, F/A-18C and T-45.
An VX-23 F/A-18A (BuNo 163093 'SD105') releases Mk 83 bombs over the Atlantic Test Range, July 2002.
The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The Super Hor
VX-23
…validation and development work involving tactical aircraft and associated systems. The squadron currently flies the T-45 Goshawk, F-35B/C Lightning II, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, E/A-18G Growler, and MQ-25 Stingray. The squadron was established in on 22 July 1995 as the Naval Strike Aircraft Test Squadron and redesignated VX-23…
U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet
F/A-18F Super Hornet (left) and a F/A-18A Hornet (right)
Four F/A-18Fs of VFA-41 "Black Aces" in a trail formation. The first and third aircraft have AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR pods, and the last aircraft has a buddy store tank
An F/A-18F named "Green Hornet", during a supersonic test flight in 2010