Boeing FA-18E/F Super Hornet

The Boeing FA-18E Super Hornet and related twin-seat FA-18F are a twin-engine carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft variant based on the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing FA-18 Hornet. The FA-18E single-seat and FA-18F two-seat variants are larger and more advanced derivatives of the FA-18C and D Hornet. The Super Hornet has an internal 20mm M61A2 rotary cannon and can carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons. Additional fuel can be carried in up to five external fuel tanks.

Specifications
Crew: FA-18E - 1, FA-18F - 2

Length: 60 ft 1¼ in (18.31 m)

Wingspan: 44 ft 8½ in (13.62 m)

Height: 16 ft (4.88 m) Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans

Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 (1,190 mph, 1,915 km/h)

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

Guns: 1× 20mm M61A2 Vulcan

Air-to-air missiles:

AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking missile

AIM-120 AMRAAM radar-controlled missile

AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missile

Air-to-surface missiles:

AGM-65 Maverick heat-seeking missile

AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Range (SLAM-ER)

AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)

AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Anti-ship missile:

AGM-84 Harpoon medium range ASM

Bombs: **JDAM precision-guided munition (PGMs)

Paveway series of laser-guided bombs

Mk.82 unguided bombs

CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition