The F/A-18 super hornet -- Super hornet origins -- Super hornet versions -- Growler -- Crew -- Specifications -- Engines -- Stealth -- Weapons -- Tanker role -- Taking off -- Combat missions -- Glossary.
Summary
This title explores the development and use of the US Navy's muli-role F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter. Readers will follow the history of its origins from the F/A-18 Hornet. Chapters also detail the aircraft's military and performance specifications as well as its features and advantages in the field, such as its flight range, its digital control-by-wire flight control system, its engine, its stealth technology, its aerial refueling system, and its many powerful guns, missiles, and bombs.
