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bOEING F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Air superiority fighter, multirole combat aircraft
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The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft variants based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.
Boeing F-18E/F
The Super Hornet is an evolutionary redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The Super Hornet’s unique wing and tail configuration can be traced back to an internal Northrop project P-530, c. 1965; this had started as a substantial rework of the lightweight F-5E with a larger wing, twin tail fins and a distinctive leading edge root extension (LERX).[5] Later flying as the Northrop YF-17 “Cobra”, it competed in the United States Air Force‘s Lightweight Fighter (LWF) program to produce a smaller and simpler fighter to complement the larger McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle; the YF-17 lost the competition to the YF-16.
Design
The F-15 has an all-metal semi-monocoque fuselage with a large-cantilever, shoulder-mounted wing. The wing planform of the F-15 suggests a modified cropped delta shape with a leading-edge sweepback angle of 45°. Ailerons and a simple high-lift flap are located on the trailing edge. No leading-edge maneuvering flaps are used. This complication was avoided by the combination of low wing loading and fixed leading-edge camber that varies with spanwise position along the wing. Airfoil thickness ratios vary from 6% at the root to 3% at the tip
Boeing F-15 Eagle
Boeing
| Role | Carrier-based multirole fighter |
|---|---|
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | McDonnell Douglas Boeing Defense, Space & Security |
| First flight | 29 November 1995 |
| Introduction | 1999[1][2] 2001 (IOC)[3] |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | United States Navy Royal Australian Air Force |
| Produced | 1995–present |
| Number built | 608+ as of April 2020[4] |
| Developed from | McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet |
| Variants | Boeing EA-18G Growler |
Development
The Navy directed that the YF-17 be redesigned into the larger F/A-18 Hornet to meet a requirement for a multi-role fighter to complement the larger and more expensive Grumman F-14 Tomcat serving in fleet defense interceptor and air superiority roles. The Hornet proved to be effective but limited in combat radius. The concept of an enlarged Hornet was first proposed in the 1980s, which was marketed by McDonnell Douglas as Hornet 2000. The Hornet 2000 concept was an advanced F/A-18 with a larger wing and a longer fuselage to carry more fuel and more powerful engines.[6][7]
Specifications (F-18 E/F) Data from The Great Book of Modern Warplanes,
General characteristics
- Crew: F/A-18E: 1 (pilot), F/A-18F: 2 (pilot and weapon systems officer)
- Length: 60 ft 1.25 in (18.31 m)
- Wingspan: 44 ft 8.5 in (13.62 m)
- Height: 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m)
- Wing area: 500 sq ft (46.5 m2)
- Empty weight: 32,081 lb (14,552 kg)
- Gross weight: 47,000 lb (21,320 kg) (equipped as fighter)
- Max takeoff weight: 66,000 lb (29,937 kg)
- Internal fuel capacity: F/A-18E: 14,700 lb (6,667 kg), F/A-18F: 13,760 lb (6,241 kg)
- External fuel capacity:Up to 4 × 480 gal tanks, totaling 13,040 lb (5,914 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans, 13,000 lbf (58 kN) thrust each dry, 22,000 lbf (98 kN) with afterburner
Specifications (F-15C)
Performance
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.5 (1,650 mph, 2,655 km/h) at high altitude
- Mach 1.2, 800 kn (921 mph; 1,482 km/h) at sea level
- Combat range: 1,061 nmi (1,221 mi, 1,965 km) for interdiction mission
- Ferry range: 3,000 nmi (3,500 mi, 5,600 km) with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (20,000 m)
- g limits: +9
- Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (250 m/s)
- Wing loading: 73.1 lb/sq ft (357 kg/m2)
- Thrust/weight: 1.07 (1.26 with loaded weight and 50% internal fuel)
Weapons
- Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barrel rotary cannon, 940 rounds
- Hardpoints: Total 11 (not including CFTs): two under-wing (each with additional two missile launch rails), four under-fuselage (for semi-recessed carriage of AIM-7 Sparrows) and a single centerline pylon station, optional fuselage pylons (which may include conformal fuel tanks, known initially as Fuel And Sensor Tactical (FAST) pack for use on the C model) with a capacity of 16,000 lb (7,300 kg),with provisions to carry combinations of:
- Missiles:
- Missiles:
