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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (F/A-18C/D) General characteristics  * Crew: F/A-18C: 1, F/A-18D: 2 (pilot and weapons system officer)  * Length: 56ft (17.1m)  * Wingspan: 40ft (12.3m)  * Height: 15ft 4in (4.7m)  * Wing area: 400sq ft (38m)  * Airfoil: NACA 65A005 mod root, 65A003.5 mod tip  * Empty weight: 23,000lb (10,400kg)  * Loaded weight: 36,970lb (16,770kg)  * Max takeoff weight: 51,900lb (23,500kg)  * Powerplant: 2 General Electric F404-GE-402 turbofans     - Dry thrust: 11,000lbf (48.9kN) each     - Thrust with afterburner: 17,750lbf (79.2kN) each Performance  * Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 (1,190mph, 1,915km/h) at 40,000ft (12,190m)  * Range: 1,089nm (1,250mi, 2,000km) with only two AIM-9s  * Combat radius: 400nm (460mi, 740km) on air-air mission  * Ferry range: 1,800nm (2,070mi, 3,330km)  * Service ceiling: 50,000ft (15,240m)  * Rate of climb: 50,000ft/min (254m/s)  * Wing loading: 93sq lb/ft (454sq kg/m)  * Thrust/weight: 0.96 The M61 Vulcan at the Miramar Airshow Armament  * Guns: 1 20 mm (0.787in) M61 Vulcan nose mounted 6-barreled gatling cannon, 578 rounds  * Hardpoints: 9 total: 2 wingtips missile launch rail, 4 under-wing, and 3 under-fuselage with a capacity of 13,700lb (6,215kg) external fuel and ordnance  * Rockets:     - 2.75in (70mm) Hydra 70 rockets     - 5in (127.0mm) Zuni rockets  * Missiles:     - Air-to-air missiles:       + 4 AIM-9 Sidewinder or 4 AIM-132 ASRAAM or 4 IRIS-T or 4 AIM-120 AMRAAM, and       + 2 AIM-7 Sparrow or additional 2 AIM-120 AMRAAM     - Air-to-surface missiles:       + AGM-65 Maverick       + Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM-ER)       + AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile (ARM)       + AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)       + Taurus missile (Cruise missile)     - Anti-ship missile:       + AGM-84 Harpoon  * Bombs:     - JDAM Precision-guided munition (PGMs)     - Paveway series of Laser guided bombs     - Mk 80 series of unguided iron bombs     - CBU-87 cluster     - CBU-89 gator mine     - CBU-97     - Mk 20 Rockeye II     - B61/Mk57 nuclear bombs[69] A Finnish F-18 releasing flares  * Others:     - SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or     - Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod or     - AN/AAS-38 Nite Hawk Targeting pods (US Navy only), to be replaced by AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR or     - LITENING targeting pod (USMC, Royal Australian Air Force, Spanish Air Force, and Finnish Air Force only) or     - up to 3 330 US gallons (1,200l; 270imp gal) Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time. Avionics  * Hughes APG-73 radar  * ROVER (Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver) antenna for use by US Navy's F/A-18C strike fighter squadrons  * Inertial navigation system  * GPS  * Two mission computers  * HUD cockpit dislay  * Very High Frequency omni-directional landing system  * Multiple-functioning Cathode ray tube display
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