Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
Carrier-borne Multirole Fighter (E-Model), Trainer (F-Model)
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| Manufacturer(s) | McDonnell Douglas Boeing Defense, Space & Security |
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| Prototype first flight | 29 November 1995 |
Introduction | 2001 |
| Produced | 1995–present |
Number built | 600 as of October 2018 |
| Status | In service |
Crew | 1 (E-Model), 2 (F-Model) |
| Variants | |||
| F/A-18E | single seat variant. | ||
| F/A-18F | two-seat variant. | ||
| Advanced Super Hornet | Variant of the F/A-18F Super Hornet with Conformal Fuel Tanks (CFT) and has a further reduced radar cross section (RCS), with the option of a stealthy enclosed weapons pod and built-in IRST21 sensor system. | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 18.31 m |
Empty Weight | 14552 kg |
| Wingspan | 13.62 m |
Loaded Weight | 21320 kg (in fighter configuration) |
| Height | 4.88 m |
Max takeoff weight | 29937 kg |
| Wing area | 46.5 m² |
Wing loading | 459 kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Guns | 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1
Vulcan nose mounted 6-barrel rotary cannon |
Ammunition Carried |
412 |
| Hardpoints | 11 total: 2× wingtips, 6×
under-wing, and 3× under-fuselage with a capacity of 8050
kg external fuel and ordnance
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| Missiles | Air-to-air missiles |
4× AIM-9 Sidewinder 12× AIM-120 AMRAAM 4× AIM-7 Sparrow |
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Air-to-surface missiles |
6× AGM-65 E/F Maverick 4× AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Range (SLAM-ER) 6× AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile (ARM) 4× AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) |
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Anti-ship missile |
2× AGM-84 Harpoon Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), in the future |
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| Bombs | JDAM, Up to 10× GBU-32/35/38/54
or 4× GBU-31, Paveway series of laser-guided bombs, Mk 80
series of unguided iron bombs, CBU-78 Gator, Mk 20 Rockeye II, Mk-62/63/65 Quick Strike Naval mine |
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| Other | SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and
chaff pod or AN/ALE-50 towed decoy system pod, AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR Targeting pods or up to 4× 1800 L Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time or 4× 1800 L tanks and 1× A/A42R-1 Aerial Refueling Store (ARS) pod for aerial refueling. 12× ADM-141C TALD, AWW-13 Advanced data link pod |
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| POWERPLANT | ||||
| Engine | 2 ×
General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofan engines
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| Dry thrust | 6350 kgp (
62.3 kN) each |
Thrust with afterburner | 9979 kgp (97.9 kN) each |
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| Thrust/weight | 0.93
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Fuel Capacity | Internal | F/A-18E: 6667
kg, F/A-18F: 6241 kg |
| External | up to 4 drop tanks, totaling 5914
kg |
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(*) 6% less for the B-Model
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 1915 km/h
(Mach 1.8) at 12190 m |
Cruise Speed | 1060 km/h |
| Rate of Climb | 228 m/s |
Service ceiling | 15240 m |
| Range | 2346 km clean plus two AIM-9s |
Ferry Range | 3300 km |
| Combat Radius | 722 km for interdiction mission |
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| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | militaryfactory.com | ||
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