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Description
At the airshow was also this F/A-18F Super Hornet, the 2 seater of the Super Hornet family making the F/A-18E Super Hornet the single seater of the family, it too started off as a product of McDonnell Douglas until the merge with Boeing and now is a product of Boeing Defense, Space and Security.

It is a Carrier-Based Multirole Fighter and this 1 belongs to the US Navy, it is powered by 2 General Electric F414-GE-400 afterburning turbofans, can climb to an altitude of 50,000+ft and can reach a maximum speed of 1,190mph.

Its main weapon is a nose mounted 20mm M61 Vulcan Gatling Cannon with 578 rounds.

There is also provision for up to 11 external hardpoints, 2 wingtip (1 per wingtip), 6 under wing (3 per wing) and 3 under the central fuselage.

The front view gives us a look at the wings each holding a Sidewinder, an AMRAAM and a JDAM, the rectangular engine intakes, twin V tails, front HUD and the specially strengthened landing gear.

Note the small beam on the forward gear which latches onto a catapult for Carrier launch.

Here is a look at what The F/A-18F can carry.

Air-To-Air Missiles

4x AIM-9 Sidewinder

6x AIM-120 AMRAAM

2x AIM-7 Sparrow

Air-To-Surface Missiles

AGM-65 Maverick

AGM-88 HARM

Anti-Ship Missiles

AGM-84 Harpoon

LRASM (planned for 2018)

Cruise Missiles

AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER

AGM-158 JASSM

Unguided Bombs

Mark 80 GPB series

CBU-87 CEM

CBU-78 GATOR

CBU-97 SFW

CBU-100

Guided Bombs

JDAM series

GBU Paveway series

Glide Bombs

AGM-154 JSOW

Decoy Pods

SUU-42A/A

Targeting Pods

AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR

Drop Tanks

3x 330 US gallon Sargent Fletcher

4x 480 US gallon (can be used in conjunction with 1 330 US gallon tank for ARS duty)

Taken 20/07/14 at The Farnborough International Airshow

Description
At the airshow was also this F/A-18F Super Hornet, the 2 seater of the Super Hornet family making the F/A-18E Super Hornet the single seater of the family, it too started off as a product of McDonnell Douglas until the merge with Boeing and now is a product of Boeing Defense, Space and Security.

It is a Carrier-Based Multirole Fighter and this 1 belongs to the US Navy, it is powered by 2 General Electric F414-GE-400 afterburning turbofans, can climb to an altitude of 50,000+ft and can reach a maximum speed of 1,190mph.

Its main weapon is a nose mounted 20mm M61 Vulcan Gatling Cannon with 578 rounds.

There is also provision for up to 11 external hardpoints, 2 wingtip (1 per wingtip), 6 under wing (3 per wing) and 3 under the central fuselage.

The front view gives us a look at the wings each holding a Sidewinder, an AMRAAM and a JDAM, the rectangular engine intakes, twin V tails, front HUD and the specially strengthened landing gear.

Note the small beam on the forward gear which latches onto a catapult for Carrier launch.

Here is a look at what The F/A-18F can carry.

Air-To-Air Missiles

4x AIM-9 Sidewinder

6x AIM-120 AMRAAM

2x AIM-7 Sparrow

Air-To-Surface Missiles

AGM-65 Maverick

AGM-88 HARM

Anti-Ship Missiles

AGM-84 Harpoon

LRASM (planned for 2018)

Cruise Missiles

AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER

AGM-158 JASSM

Unguided Bombs

Mark 80 GPB series

CBU-87 CEM

CBU-78 GATOR

CBU-97 SFW

CBU-100

Guided Bombs

JDAM series

GBU Paveway series

Glide Bombs

AGM-154 JSOW

Decoy Pods

SUU-42A/A

Targeting Pods

AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR

Drop Tanks

3x 330 US gallon Sargent Fletcher

4x 480 US gallon (can be used in conjunction with 1 330 US gallon tank for ARS duty)

Taken 20/07/14 at The Farnborough International Airshow