F/A-18F Super Hornet Stats

F/A-18F Super Hornet Key Statistics

•  Role: Carrier-based multirole fighter/attack aircraft

•  Manufacturer: Boeing (developed from McDonnell Douglas design)

•  First Flight: 1995

•  Entered Service: 2001

•  Crew: 2 (pilot and weapons systems officer)

•  Length: 60 ft 1.25 in (18.31 m)

•  Wingspan: 44 ft 8.5 in (13.62 m)

•  Ceiling: 52,300 ft (15,940 m)

•  Top Speed: Mach 1.8 (approximately 1,185 mph / 1,908 km/h)

•  Engines: 2 × General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans

•  Guns: 1 × 20 mm M61A2 Vulcan rotary cannon

•  Hardpoints: 11 external hardpoints (including SUU-80 pylons)

•  Primary Air-to-Air Missiles: AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-7 Sparrow

•  Primary Air-to-Surface Missiles: AGM-65E/F Maverick, AGM-84 Harpoon/SLAM-ER, AGM-88 HARM, AGM-158 JASSM, AGM-154 JSOW, AGM-158C LRASM

•  Bombs & Ordnance: JDAM (GBU-31/32/38/54), Paveway laser-guided bombs, Mk 80 series unguided bombs, CBU-78 Gator mines, Mk 20 Rockeye II cluster bombs, Quick Strike naval mines

•  Notable Feature: Your tag is machined from an authentic early-production SUU-80 pylon used on initial E/F development airframes