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🇺🇸 F/A-18 Super Hornet
Air · Boeing (köken McDonnell Douglas) · 2001
The US Navy's twin-engine multirole fighter that launches from carriers and does everything — air-to-air, strike, tanking and electronic warfare on one platform.
Specifications
- Class: 4.5-gen carrier-based multirole fighter
- Crew: 1 (E) / 2 (F)
- Engine: 2× GE F414-GE-400 (~98 kN A/B each)
- Max speed: ~Mach 1.6 (~1,915 km/h)
- Ceiling: 15,240+ m (50,000+ ft)
- Combat range: ~2,346 km (more with external fuel)
- Armament: 11 stations + 20 mm M61A2 cannon
- MTOW: ~29,937 kg (66,000 lb)
- Variant: Block III (delivered since 2021; AESA + IRST + networked)
Beats: MiG-29K (sensör + ağ + menzil), Eski nesil gemi avcıları, Çok-rol esnekliği gerektiren görevler
Loses to: F-35C (stealth + sensör füzyonu), Yoğun çift-bant IADS + uzun-menzil SAM, Karşı-stealth ortamında ön-cephe sızması
Lacking stealth, it stays in the F-35C's shadow in high-threat airspace; its strength is multirole flexibility and being the mature backbone of the carrier air wing.
Related systems
Same manufacturer (Boeing (köken McDonnell Douglas)): E-7T Barış Kartalı, AH-64 Apache, Boeing E-3 Sentry, Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, C-17 Globemaster III, EA-18G Growler, Quickstrike-ER
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM