The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a 4.5+ generation carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft. The F/A-18E single-seat variant and F/A-18F tandem-seat variant are larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet.
The Super Hornet entered service with the United States Navy in 1999, replacing the F-14 Tomcat since 2006, and serves alongside the original Hornet.
F/A-18 Super Hornet Specifications
General characteristics
Crew: F/A-18E: 1, F/A-18F: 2
Length: 60 ft 1¼ in
Wingspan: 44 ft 8½ in
Height: 16 ft
Empty weight: 30,600 lb
Loaded weight: 47,000 lb (in fighter configuration)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 66,000 lb
Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans
Combat radius: 390 nmi (449 mi) for interdiction mission
Ferry range: 1,800 nmi (2,070 mi)
Service ceiling: 50,000+ ft
Armament
Guns: 1× 20 mm M61 Vulcan nose mounted gatling gun, 578 rounds
Hardpoints: 11 total: 2 × wingtips, 6 × under-wing, and 3 × under-fuselage with a capacity of 17,750 lb external fuel and ordnance
Missiles:
Air-to-air missiles:
4 × AIM-9 Sidewinder or 4 × AIM-120 AMRAAM, and 2 × AIM-7 Sparrow or additional 2 × AIM-120 AMRAAM
Air-to-surface missiles:
AGM-65 Maverick
Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM-ER)
AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile
AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
Anti-ship missile:
AGM-84 Harpoon
Bombs:
JDAM Precision-guided munition (PGMs)
Paveway series of Laser guided bombs
Mk 80 series of unguided iron bombs
CBU-87 cluster
CBU-78 Gator
CBU-97
Mk 20 Rockeye II
Others:
SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod or
AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR Targeting pods or up to 3 × 330 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time or 1 × 330 US gal tank and 4 × 480 US gal tanks for aerial refueling system (ARS).
Avionics
Hughes APG-73 or Raytheon APG-79 Radar
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