F/A-18E Super Hornet

The F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft is build by Boeing.

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet are twin-engine carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft variants based on the F/A-18 Hornet.

F/A-18E Super Hornet was introduced into active service in 1999.

F/A-18E Super Hornet has an overall length of 18.31 meters (59.9_ft). It has a wing span of 13.62 meters (44.5_ft). The overall height of 4.88 meters (16.0_ft). The overall weight of an empty aircraft is about 14552 kilograms (32,014.4_lbs). And it has a maximum take-off weight of about 29937 kilograms (65,861.4_lbs). F/A-18E Super Hornet can reach a maximum speed of about 1900 km/hr (1,026.0_knots, 1,180.9_mph). And the F/A-18E Super Hornet has a maximum crusing range of about 2346 kilometers (1,457.7_miles, 1,266.7_nautical miles). Aircraft can reach a service height of about 15000 meters (49,050.0_ft).

The turbofan engine powered F/A-18E Super Hornet uses 2, General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans.

Hardpoints on F/A-18E Super Hornet Aircraft: 11, 2 x wingtips, 6 x under-wing, and 3× under-fuselage.

F/A-18E Super Hornet Onboard Guns 1, 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan nose mounted gatling gun, 578 rounds.

Updated On: 12.06.05