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The Super Hornet is an enlarged redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.The wing and tail configuration trace its origin to a Northrop prototype aircraft, the P-530, c. 1965, which began as a rework of the lightweight Northrop F-5E (with a larger wing, twin tail fins and a distinctive leading edge root extension, or LERX). [4]
On 1 March 1977, Secretary of the Navy W. Graham Claytor announced, that the F-18 would be named "Hornet", after the characteristics of the Hornet insect. It also shares the namesake with ships that had borne the name Hornet since the Revolutionary War , along with USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Hornet (CV-12) that served during World War 2.
Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet The Boeing EA-18G Growler is an American carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft , a specialized version of the two-seat Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet . The EA-18G replaced the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers in service with the United States Navy .
Orthographic projection of the F/A-18 Hornet Aircraft technicians push an F404 afterburning engine through a CF-18 hangar at CFB Cold Lake, 1997. A CRV7 on a retired CF-18 at the Musée de la Défense aérienne at CFB Bagotville. Data from CF-18 Technical Specifications [84] General characteristics. Crew: 1 or 2; Length: 56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
An F/A-18E Super Hornet launching off the flight deck of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah B. Goessl The air-to-air missile range ...
An early rendering of a proposed Boeing F/A-XX design. In April 2012, the Navy issued a formal request for information for the F/A-XX. It calls for an air superiority fighter with multi-role capabilities to initially complement and eventually supersede the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft in the 2030s, while complementing the F-35C Lightning II and UCLASS unmanned aircraft ...
The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter production line will shut down in two years. The Super Hornet, developed in the 1990s as a jumbo version of the original F/A-18C Hornet, is the U.S ...
The AIM-174B is a long-range air-to-air missile (AAM) developed by U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and used by the United States Navy (USN). The AIM-174B is a derivative of the RIM-174B Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM, Standard Missile-6, or SM-6) surface-to-air missile, a member of the extended Standard Missile family, with the USN describing the AIM-174B as the "Air-Launched ...