McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

MAWTS-1

1990–present

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Specifications (F/A-18C/D)

Data from U.S. Navy fact file, Frawley Directory, Great Book

General characteristics

Crew: F/A-18C: 1, F/A-18D: 2 (pilot and weapons system officer)

Length: 56 ft (17.1 m)

Wingspan: 40 ft (12.3 m)

Height: 15 ft 4 in (4.7 m)

Wing area: 400 ft² (38 m²)

Airfoil: NACA 65A005 mod root, 65A003.5 mod tip

Empty weight: 23,000 lb (10,400 kg)

Loaded weight: 36,970 lb (16,770 kg)

Max. takeoff weight: 51,900 lb (23,500 kg)

Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F404-GE-402 turbofans

Dry thrust: 11,000 lbf (48.9 kN) each

Thrust with afterburner: 17,750 lbf (79.2 kN) each

Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 (1,190 mph, 1,915 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)

Range: 1,089 nmi (1,250 miles, 2,000 km) with only two AIM-9s

Combat radius: 400 nmi (460 mi, 740 km) on air-air mission

Ferry range: 1,800 nmi (2,070 mi, 3,330 km)

Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,240 m)

Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)

Wing loading: 93 lb/ft² (454 kg/m²)

Thrust/weight: 0.96

Armament

Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan nose mounted 6-barreled gatling cannon, 578 rounds

Hardpoints: 9 total: 2× wingtips missile launch rail, 4× under-wing,
and 3× under-fuselage with a capacity of 13,700 lb (6,215 kg) external fuel and ordnance

Rockets:

2.75 inches (70 mm) Hydra 70 rockets

5 in (127.0 mm) Zuni rockets

Missiles:

Air-to-air missiles:

4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or 4× AIM-132 ASRAAM or 4× IRIS-T 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 (ARM)

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)

Taurus missile (Cruise missile)

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-89 gator mine

CBU-97

Mk 20 Rockeye II

B61/Mk57 nuclear bombs

Others:

SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or

Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod or

AN/AAS-38 Nite Hawk Targeting pods (US Navy only), to be replaced by AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR or

LITENING targeting pod (USMC, Royal Australian Air Force, Spanish Air Force, and Finnish Air Force only) or

up to 3× 330 US gallons (1,200 l; 270 imp gal) Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.

Avionics

Hughes APG-73 radar

ROVER (Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver) antenna for use by US Navy's F/A-18C strike fighter squadrons

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