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Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

Type (Muster)
Carrier-based multi-role combat aircraft (Trägergestütztes Mehrzweckkampfflugzeug)

Country (Land)
USA

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Boeing (Military Aircraft and Missiles, previously McDonnell Douglas)
PO Box 516
St. Louis, Missouri 63166
USA

Phone: 001-314/234-3500
Fax: 001-314/777-1096

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 1 or 2 in the F-version

Weapons (Bewaffnung): The F-18E/F is fitted with a lightweight M61A1 20mm-cannon in the nose (400 rounds) and has 11 external stations (two on wingtips, three under each wing, two on intake sides and one under fuselage) for the whole range of US Navy weapons, including:

    * 2 x AIM-9 Sidewinder on the wingtips
    * AIM-7 Sparrow
    * AIM-120 AMRAAMs (2 on the intake stations)
    * AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles
    * AGM-84D Harpoon anti-ship missiles
    * AGM-84H SLAM-ER land attack missiles
    * GBU-32 JDAM (450 kg), GBU-31 JDAM (907 kg)
    * AGM-154 JSOW (450 kg)
    * AGM-65E Maverick
    * Harpoon
    * Walleye ER/DL and Walleye-1
    * GBU-12, GBU-24 and GBU-15 laser-guided bombsx
    * CBU-72 and CBU-59
    * Mk.84, Mk.82LD, Mk.82HD, Mk.63, Mk.62, Mk.65, Mk.20 and Mk.83 (450 kg) bombs
    * LAU 58 rocket launcher
    * TALD (air-launched decoy)
    * 5 x 1820 litre (480 US gal) or 5 x 1250 litre (330 US gal) external tanks or 4 tanks and an air refueling store on the centreline

A total of 26 different weapon configurations should be cleared by the end of EMD (Engineering and Manufacturing Development)

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans
Thrust (Schub): 97,9 kN (22000 lbs) with afterburner

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 18,31 m
Height (Höhe): 4,88 m
Span (Spannweite): 13,62 m over missiles, 9,32 m with folded outer wings
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 46,45 sq m

Weights (Massen)
Empty weight (Leermasse): 13864 kg as specification limit
Internal fuel (Kraftstoff): 8060 litres
Max. external fuel (max. Kraftstoff in Zusatztanks): 7439 kg (5 x 480 gallon/1816 litres tank)
Max. external stores load (max. Außenlast): 8050 kg
Max. take-off weight (Max. Startmasse): 29937 kg
Carrier landing weight (Landemasse auf Flugzeugträger): 19460 kg
Ordnance bringback (max. Außenlast bei einer Flugzeugträgerlandung): 4082 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. speed (max. Geschwindigkeit): over Mach 1.8
Acceleration (Beschleunigung): less than 70 sec from Mach 0.8 to 1.2 at 35000 ft (10670 m)
Approach speed (Anfluggeschwindigkeit): 263 km/h
Max. operating altitude (Dienstgipfelhöhe): over 15240 m (50000 ft)
Combat radius (Einsatzradius):
   .- 720 km hi-lo-lo-hi attack profile with two 480 gallon tanks and four 1000 lbs bombs plus two Sidewinders for self-defence
   - 855 km on interdiction mission with three 480 gal tanks
   - 1230 km hi-hi-hi profile with two AIM-9, four Mk.83 bombs, three tanks, two sensor pods
   - 800 km for fighter escort with two Sidewinders and two AMRAAMs, internal fuel only
Combat endurance (Einsatzdauer): 2 h 15 min with six AAMs and external tanks, 280 km from the carrier
Design load factor (Belastung): +7,5 g
Operating cost (Betriebskosten): less than 6000 US-Dollars/hour

05.03.2009

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