Boeing FA-18C/D Hornet
carrierborne fighter and attack aircraft
Specifications
- Origin
- USA
- Type
- carrierborne fighter and attack aircraft
- Maximum Speed
- 1,032 kt / 1,183 mph
- Maximum Range
- 740 km / 460 miles
- Dimensions
- span 11.43 m / 37 ft 6 in
length 17.07 m / 56 ft 0 in
height 4.66 m / 15 ft 3.5 in - Weight
- empty 10,455 kg / 23,050 lb
max. take-off 25,401 kg /
56,000 lb - Powerplant
- two 7257-kg (16,000-lb) afterburning thrust General Electric F404-GE-400 turbofans
Armament
one 20-mm M61A1 Vulcan six-barrel rotary cannon with 570 rounds; up to 7711 kg (17,000 Ib) of disposable stores, including AAMs, ASMs, anti-ship missiles, free-fall or guided bombs, cluster bombs, dispenser weapons, napalm tanks, rocket launchers, drop tanks and ECM pods, carried on nine external hardpoints