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

The ALE-37A/A Pod is also an option which is in game on the AV-8A, and holds 120 x2 Countermeasures per loaded station.

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How many of them F/A-18 can take? And also, which versions can?

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It still agitates me that the AV-8C never got this pod :(

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But it’s not a premium. and there is also the GAU-12 gun pod.

Yeah, but it would’ve been nice to have. Before the AV-8A was removed from sale, the only reason to get the AV-8C over the AV-8A was the RWR.

This is getting a bit off topic (my fault) lol

Why no AGM-84 SLAM?

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Need to report ARL-67(V)3

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Has already been reported.

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clearly thats only 60 CMs

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Have anyone reported E-bracket on HUD?

Is the lack of AGM-84E on Hornet worth reporting?

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fully upgraded engine stats (on the F-18C Fin but should be the same for the C late )

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It would be worse KH-38MT for WT purposes? so it is worth a try

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Slower, way slower. But still better than AGM-65…

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that looks to be far too low, it should be 8000kgf

Looks like F/A-18C with 402 engines underperforms a lot, even with just 60%fuel(without 2xAmraam and 2xSidewinder) it doesnt get even 18 deg/s, more like 17.
Can somebody report that?

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Spaded 18C late here
The engine is 8000kgf on the american one so it seems gaijin either messed up or purposefully gave the finish one less power
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Made bug report for various jets, including hornet, to get LJDAM

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/Wqg0JaNf6slJ

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Pending confirmation of the USN / USMC configuration of the Hornet(s), there is a chance that they many receive A2A IRST search and track, and non-radar Sensor missile guidance functionality though their targeting pod.

[DEV]LITENING AT (AAQ-28(V)4)A2A tracking and SARH / ARH support

  • As an aside lacking any confirmation as to if a USN or USMC Hornet is being modeled there is some potential for equipment fitout to shift significantly, so may be relevant to the F-18C (Late) it is relevant to USMC config Hornet as seen in the below referenced technical paper, on that exact topic

preempting the addition of the AN/AQ-228 to the Later F/A-18s as an option should it be needed, but is not yet implemented for any airframes at this point in time.

[DEV]ATFLIR A2A tracking and SARH / ARH support

  • This is relevant to the potentially USN configured Hornet.
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Have hornet got it’s HMD symbology? Or its still copy from F-16C