The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a twin-engine 4.5 generation carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft. The F/A-18E single-seat variant and F/A-18F tandem-seat variant are larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet. The Super Hornet has an internal 20 mm gun and can carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons. Additional fuel can be carried with up to five external fuel tanks and the aircraft can be configured as an airborne tanker by adding an external air refueling system.
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| - The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a twin-engine 4.5 generation carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft. The F/A-18E single-seat variant and F/A-18F tandem-seat variant are larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet. The Super Hornet has an internal 20 mm gun and can carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons. Additional fuel can be carried with up to five external fuel tanks and the aircraft can be configured as an airborne tanker by adding an external air refueling system.
- The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is an updated and enlarged variant of the original F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet, using an enlarged airframe, new engines, and updated avionics and weapons systems. It is a twin-engine carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft. It carries air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons. Additional fuel can be carried in up to five external fuel tanks. The F/A-18E is the single-seat variant, while the F/A-18F is the two-seat trainer variant. It is also known as the "Superbug" or "Rhino". A specialised variant of the F/A-18F is the EA-18G "Growler", designed to replace EA-6B Prowler ECM aircraft.
- The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a twin-engine carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft variant based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The F/A-18E single-seat and F/A-18F tandem-seat variants are larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet. The Super Hornet has an internal 20 mm gun and can carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons. Additional fuel can be carried in up to five external fuel tanks and the aircraft can be configured as an airborne tanker by adding an external air refueling system.
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| - Carrier-based multirole fighter
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| - Total procurement: 48.09 billion
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| - US$66.9 million ref|"... the Pentagon would get $495 million to buy nine Boeing Co. F/A-18E/F fighters..." The average is 80.4 million.|group=N
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**Paveway series of laser-guided bombs
**Mk 80 series of unguided iron bombs
**CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
**CBU-78 Gator
**CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
**Mk 20 Rockeye II
*Others:
**SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or
**Electronic countermeasures pod or
**AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR Targeting pods or
**up to 3× 330 U.S. gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time or
**1× 330 U.S. gal tank and 4× 480 U.S. gal tanks for aerial refueling system .
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| - **Air-to-air missiles:
***4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or 4× AIM-120 AMRAAM, and
***2× AIM-7 Sparrow or 2× AIM-120 AMRAAM
**Air-to-surface missiles:
***AGM-65 Maverick
***AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Range
***AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile
***AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
***AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile
**Anti-ship missile:
***AGM-84 Harpoon
***Long Range Anti-Ship Missile , in the future
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