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F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler - The US Navy's Primary Fighter/Attack Aircraft

By: Schiffer Publishing

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Aviation - Modern/Cold War (Schiffer Publishing)

MSRP old price: $19.99


Product Info

Title
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler - The US Navy's Primary Fighter/Attack Aircraft
Category
Author
Ken Neubeck
Publish Year
2020
Pages
112
Dimensions
9.25x9.25x.75"
NKG Part #
2147936776
Type
Hardcover

Description

The Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet is an evolutionary redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 A/B Hornet. The Legacy F/A-18 Hornet first flew in 1980 and met the requirement for a multirole fighter to complement the larger and more expensive Grumman F-14 Tomcat, serving in fleet defense interceptor and air superiority roles. The Hornet proved to be effective, but it was limited in combat radius due to fuel capacity. This would be corrected with the newer and larger F/A-18 Super Hornet design, which is now the primary fighter/attack aircraft used in the US Navy carrier fleet and has replaced both the legacy Hornet and the F-14 Tomcat. Additionally, the Super Hornet airframe design was used for the design of the EA-18G Growler, which took over the electronic countermeasures (ECM) role of the EA-6B Prowler.