F/A-18 Hornet (Legacy): History, Performance & Discussion

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939

AIM-174B is only for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, not the legacy F/A-18C/D.

CUDA never went beyond full scale mockup.

JATM is under development, and there are very limited information about it.

Please read my post once more.

The designation EF-18M/C.15M does not means they made another distinguishable variant other than Legacy Hornet and Super Hornet. The suffix “M” is a very common one, as seen in the case of the F-16AM.

Consistently making unsupported claims to others and ignoring counterarguments is not acceptable, and I have no choice but to take necessary action if this behavior is repeated.

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940

What about early F/A-18A?
Maybe 12.3, after F-14A, but before F-14B
Early hornets used ALR-45

941

I want an AIM-9L and AIM-7F F-18A, would be perfect for 12.7 - 13.0.

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942

With 9H and 7F at 12.3 will be better

943

9L should be banned for anything above 12.0

944

I don’t even think Hornets had AIM-7F, seeing as the 7M entered service sometime in 1982 before even the Marines got the Hornet (they got it around 1983-1984)

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945

13.3.*
But yes, 13.3 needs some extra decompression by 0.3.

946

im laughing at the fact that you think that the fully equipped f18c could be the same br as the mig29smt

947

What

948

while being the same br (13.3) as the mig29smt or even LOWER while doing everything it does, but doing it better.

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949

Ngl I kinda forgot I made that comment lol

And yeah, I’ve never been too good at predicting/idealizing BRs for planes

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950

cant even put that one on you, russian jets just seem so watered down ingame that its hard to imagine practical brs for the usa’s ones comparatively. its hard to imagine a jet’s br when theres nothing you can put it against really

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951

When maximum was 13.0, whats wrong?
Comment was made before decompression.

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952

For me, F/A-18C from USN at 13.7 BR

953

still, even then putting the f/a-18c 0.3 br above that is… a very silly idea… it has very good dogfighting performance, very VERY good bvr capability and so many more advantages. some serious decompression is needed before the super hornet is added imo…

954

And have biggest weakness - speed
Bruh

955

its still supersonic and maybe around 0.05 or 0.1 Mach slower then? not a bad thing still llol

956

I’m really curious if WT will get the power of the F-18 into the game.

F-18 is nothing special in itself, can carry a few Aim-120s and is just a slow duck, that’s basically it…

BUT the great strength of the F-18 was its software MSI (Multi-Sensor Integration), which means that every sensor can basically create a track and make it available to the system and via Link16. An AGM-88 is also a sensor and creates A/A tracks on which you can theoretically shoot.

In addition, you can shoot at the tracks of data link contacts without your own radar pointing at them, which opens up completely new possibilities and that is what would make the F-18 so strong.

957

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958

you should have kept reading ;)