The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is carrier-based multirole fighter with twin-engines which is based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.
It was originally designed and produced by McDonnell Douglas.
It first flew in 1995 and the full-rate production began in September 1997 after McDonnell Douglas and Boeing fused the on the August of 1997.
It first entered the US Navy in 1999, replacing Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
Grumman F-14 Tomcat retired in 2006.
The Royal Australian Air Force ordered the F/A-18F Super Hornets to replace it's aging F-111 fleet.
They were recieved in December 2010.
Mc.Donnell Douglas first marketed Super Hornet's as Hornet 2000.
The Super Hornet has considerably larger wing and a longer fuselage and more powerful engines.
The McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II program was made to replace the Grumman A-6 intruder and LTV A-7 Corsair II but it ran into serious problems and was cancelled.As an alternative to the A-12 Avenger II program, McDonnell Douglas proposed the Super Hornet which was initially Hornet II.
It was originally designed and produced by McDonnell Douglas.
It first flew in 1995 and the full-rate production began in September 1997 after McDonnell Douglas and Boeing fused the on the August of 1997.
It first entered the US Navy in 1999, replacing Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
Grumman F-14 Tomcat retired in 2006.
The Royal Australian Air Force ordered the F/A-18F Super Hornets to replace it's aging F-111 fleet.
They were recieved in December 2010.
Mc.Donnell Douglas first marketed Super Hornet's as Hornet 2000.
The Super Hornet has considerably larger wing and a longer fuselage and more powerful engines.
The McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II program was made to replace the Grumman A-6 intruder and LTV A-7 Corsair II but it ran into serious problems and was cancelled.As an alternative to the A-12 Avenger II program, McDonnell Douglas proposed the Super Hornet which was initially Hornet II.
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Currently, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and United States Navy are the only users of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
The F/A-18E supports 1 Crew Member.
The F/A-18F supports 2 Crew Members.
Length : 18.3 meters.
Height : 4.8 meters.
Wing Area : 500 square feet.
Max. takeoff weight : 21,320 kg.
Fuel Capacity for F/A 18E (Internal) : 6,780 kg.
F/A 18F : 6,354 kg.
Fuel Capacity External : 5 x 480 Gal tanks i.e., 7,381 kg.
Maximum Speed : Mach 1.8 ( 1,915 kmph )
Ceiling : 15,000 meters.
Range : 2,346 km plus two AIM-9's.
Combat Radius : 722 km for interdiction missions.
Ferry Range : 3,330 km.
Rate of climb : 228m/s.
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is equipped with a 1x20 mm M61 Vulcan nose mounted Gatling Gun consisting of 578 rounds.
It's got 4 x AIM-9 sidewinder missiles.
And, 2 x AIM-7 Sparrow missiles.
It's equipped with 5 sets of Air-to-surface missiles :
1)AGM-65 Maverick.
2)AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Range (SLAM-ER)
3)AGM-88 HARM Anti-Radiation missile.
4)AGM-154 Join Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
5)AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
It's equipped with 2 sets of Anti-Ship missiles.
1)AGM-84 Harpoon
2)Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
A F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is equipped with
1)Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Precision-guided muntion (PGM's)
2)Paveway series of laser-guided bombs.
3)Mk 80 series of unguided iron bombs.
4)CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition.
5)CBU-78 Gator.
6)CBU-97 Sensor Fused Weapon.
7)Mk 20 Rockeye II.
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