The FA-18 C/D

VFA-41 F-18D #166200 parked on carrier deck.

                                                             The F/A-18 Hornet is an  all-weather carrier-capable multirole fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets.
the F-18 is used by the United States, Canada, Australia, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Spain, and Switzerland
     General characteristics

    * Crew: F/A-18C: 1, F/A-18D: 2 (pilot and weapons system officer)
    * Length: 56 ft (17.1 m)
    * Wingspan: 40 ft (12.3 m)
    * Height: 15 ft 4 in (4.7 m)
    * Wing area: 400 ft² (38 m²)
    * Airfoil: NACA 65A005 mod root, 65A003.5 mod tip
    * Empty weight: 24,700 lb (11,200 kg)
    * Loaded weight: 37,150 lb (16,850 kg)
    * Max takeoff weight: 51,550 lb (23,400 kg)
    * Powerplant: 2× General Electric F404-GE-402 turbofans
          o Dry thrust: 11,000 lbf (48.9 kN) each
          o Thrust with afterburner: 17,750 lbf (79.2 kN) each

Performance

    * Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 (1,190 mph, 1,915 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)
    * Combat radius: 330 mi (290 NM, 537 km) on hi-lo-lo-hi mission
    * Ferry range: 2,070 mi (1,800 NM, 3,330 km)
    * Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
    * Rate of climb: 50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
    * Wing loading: 93 lb/ft² (450 kg/m²)
    * Thrust/weight: >0.95

Avionics

    * Hughes APG-73 radar








FA-18 diagram



 

VFA-103 F-18D on the cat with VFA-41 F-18D in the background. 

         







the information on the FA-18 C/D was found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-18
Armament

    * Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan nose mounted gatling gun, 578 rounds
    * Hardpoints: 9 total: 2× wingtips missile launch rail, 4× under-wing, and 3× under-fuselage with a capacity of 13,700 lb (6,215 kg) external fuel and ordnance,
    * Rockets:
    * Missiles:
          o 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
          o 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)
          o Anti-ship missile:
                + AGM-84 Harpoon
    * Bombs:
          o JDAM Precision-guided munition (PGMs)
          o Paveway series of Laser guided bombs
          o Mk 80 series of unguided iron bombs
          o CBU-87 cluster
          o CBU-89 gator mine
          o CBU-97
          o Mk 20 Rockeye II
          o B61/Mk57 nuclear bombs,[55]
    * Others:
          o SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or
          o Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod or
          o AN/AAS-38 Nite Hawk Targeting pods (US Navy only), to be replace by AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR or
          o LITENING targeting pod (USMC and Finland only) or
          o up to 3× 330 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.