Hobby Master HA5123 1/72 Air Power

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA5123 replicates in 1/72 scale diecast the F/A-18E Super Hornet tail code AG/400 of VFA-25 “Fist of the Fleet”, US Navy, 2020.

VFA-25 “Fist of the Fleet”, USN

Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25) is a United States Navy unit, home-based at Naval Air Station Lemoore (NAS Lemoore), California, operating the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7), tail code: AG, and deploy aboard the USS George HW Bush (CVN-77).

It was initially commissioned as Torpedo Squadron 17 (VT-17) in January 1943, flying the Grumman TBF Avenger and renamed Attack Squadron Twenty-five (VA-25)  in July 1959. In 1984 transitioned to the F/A-18A Hornet and was renamed VFA-25.

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

The Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet is an American twin-engine carrier-capable multi-role monoplane fighter, larger and more advanced than the F/A-18 C/D. The main variants are the F/A-18E (single-seat), F/A-18F (tandem-seat) and electronic warfare (EA-18G Growler). Designed for the US Navy, it first flew on November 29, 1995, entering service in September 2001 with VFA-115. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the only other operator.

Airframe construction mainly comprises of aluminium alloy and carbon fibre composites. It uses two General Electric F414 afterburning axial flow turbofans engines mounted side by side in the rear of the fuselage. Armament consists of one cannon in the nose. Eleven external hardpoints can carry up to 8,050 kgs (17,750 lbs) of stores.