How The Super Hornet's New Preferred Air-To-Air Missile Loadout Works
Although the Boeing Super Hornets – both the F/A-18E single seat and F/A-18F dual seat – can carry ten AIM-120 Advanced ...
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US Navy mishap: Super hornet downed in Red Sea mistake
Besides the 20 mm M61A2 Vulcan cannon, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet can carry weaponry on 11 pylons with a total payload of approximately 18,000 pounds. The two extreme pylons at the wingtips are ...
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Super Hornet atomized
Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Colton Howel of Cadiz, atomized an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the Golden ...
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F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet: Now the Unstoppable Navy Fighter
rather than being carried on wing or belly pylons, greatly reducing drag. The F-15E Eagle has already proven the effectiveness of this system. Adding such tanks to the F/A-18 Super Hornet would ...
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Super Hornet Incident, Houthi Attacks Help Refine How Surface Force Fights, Say Admirals
The Navy is already analyzing and training to prevent a repeat of a December friendly fire incident that saw USS Gettysburg ...
Murder Hornet Nickname For F/A-18s Equipped With Nine Air-To-Air Missiles Now Official
The U.S. Navy is now officially using “Murder Hornet” to refer to F/A-18E/F fighters armed with five AIM-120 Advanced Medium ...
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Let’s Examine the Pilots’ Accounts Emerged After the Friendly Fire Incident Involving the F/A-18 Over the Red Sea
As already reported, on Dec. 22, 2024, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman, was shot down in what the U.S. Central Command called “an apparent case of friendly fire”.