McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet: Continuing a Proud Tradition

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+1 very hyped for this jet coming soon

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We have an option to give it AIM-7 first, and upgrade it to AIM-120 later. Maybe it would be a good chance to introduce AIM-7P.

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If AIM-120s are already in the game there is no point in adding one without AIM-120s. You guys easily could’ve added one with AIM-7s quite a while ago but that ship has pretty much so sailed. Any aircraft that is placed at top tier will pretty much so need FOX-3s. Only way you could add it with only AIM-7s is honestly at a BR where it doesn’t face FOX-3s either at all or not that often.

Also what do you think the ETA is for the F/A-18 Hornet?

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I don’t know, but I think it could be released at any time.

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Hopefully not, adding the C before the A is just silly.

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At this point in the game not really tbh. Unless they truly wanted to add a F/A-18 with just some Sparrows

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+1, the F-18C is an obvious addition in the near future. Would however really like to see the F-18A as well precede it, maybe lacking some of the upgrades the C has like the APG-73 radar and the BOL countermeasures.

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and still hasn’t appear today in december…

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Smin denied it and the Su 30 earlier, so it won’t be coming this update sadly

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Since we’re entering the age of ESA radar, I’ve just updated the post a bit.

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I had a hunch that some day gajin could add F/A-18C with AN/APG-79(V)4 AESA radar for USA tech tree

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swiss f-18 is smilling at germany :)

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“Speaking of things to come. We can say that one vehicle in the next major is definitely causing a buzz. We know a great many of you will be eager to get your hands on it and and leave your opponents with a real stinging sensation!”

up we go

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Watch it be the A variant and only the A variant lmaooo

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That’d still be much preferable to the C and C only
Don’t skip ma Sparrow Hornets!

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So true!

Gonna be honest, everyone saying the A/B hornets would be DOA, but man it has such a crazy payload for a small and simple fighter, I see it doing quite well really and being one of the more fun 12.7-13.0 aircraft for the game.

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Absolutely, 9Ms and 7Ms (or even 7Ps) would make such a great aircraft for 13.0. That BR is extremely compressed atm but hopefully most 13.0s can be moved to 13.3, and the 18A would remain.

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F/A-18C/D Early from desert storm era fired soviet fighter aircraft with AIM-7

So not lose AIM-7 Sparrow

I suppose might F/A-18A in 1980’s (pre F/A-18A+)

  • F/A-18A Early (pre Operation Prairie Fire ~ Desert Storm)

  • F/A-18A (desert storm era)

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Well yes, but what I mean is the F/A-18A/B were only equipped with AIM-7s and not AIM-120s until the 1992 F/A-18A/B+ upgrade which retrofitted them to C/D standard. So the A/B with only AIM-7 would be a lower BR while the C/D with AIM-7 but also AIM-120 would be higher.

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  • F/A-18A Early (pre Operation Prairie Fire ~ Desert Storm) to 12.3

  • F/A-18A (desert storm era) would be 12.7 or 13.0

But F/A-18B it might event vehicle

F/A-18A+ in the Iraqi freedom BR 14.0 with AIM-120B, AIM-120C-4 and AIM-120C-5

Equipped AN/AAS-38B NITE HAWK or AN/AAQ-28(V)4 LITENING AT pod

I don’t know gajin might add F/A-18C with AN/APG-73 RUG II radar or AN/APG-79(V)4 AESA radar

But battle rating 14.7 because post AIM-9X (Blk 1) and AIM-120C-5 & AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM