But compared to the F-14B and D, and the proposed ST-21 (D+), the armament difference for air intercept, as well as ground strike was negligible. The only improvement is cost in runtime and maintenance, but that was sacrificed for speed, ferry range, overall range, radar power, etc…
The Legacy Hornet was placed alongside the F-14 because of how bad its ability to perform aerial interception of bombers and high altitude targets was.
F-14D was the better air superiority airframe but for fairly cheap, and rugged multirole that still retained the ability the employ bigger weapons the F-18 was good
It was the result of a cost analysis. The ability improvement was marginal at best
The most recent information says that June 2026 is the final flight of VMA-223
that is what this says too mate.
Hornets will be gone by 2028 two years after 2026
No, VMFA-112 has them until 2029
ok and 232 technically until 28
its still only 2 years.
Hornet is going similar time as harrier.
232 is a hornet squadron. Its a 3 year difference and the F-18 and AV-8B had a 2 year difference in service entry. the F-18 lasted a bit longer in a role with more competition.
The F-18 is not as bad as you make it out to be
Ok still.
Airframe from the 90s heavily modified only lasted 3 years longer
The F-18 is from the early 80’s like the AV-8B
What updates did it get along the way.
incremental radar improvements, upgraded engines, upgraded defensive systems, improved armaments, HMD. Over the course of decades though
Yes AV-8B almost got HMD
Careful matrix, they might report this and get your account restricted cause its too true
Exactly the hover bug being good is a banned idea by gaijin.
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Anyways back on topic. The only thing needed to save US air is aim120 buffs. Sure it can buff other countries but that’s mostly irrelevant since most amraam carriers are other US airframes such as Israeli and Japanese models. The only outlier is the EF which to my knowledge is overpreforming? I could be wrong on that. If they gave it the bug reported seeker the aim120 would be a competitive missile. Reducing the drag according to the bug report wouldn’t make it all that competitive but would help amraam carriers play more to their strength. Iirc the thrust is too low and when you compare it to r77 and -1 fuel KG it should be impossible for those missiles to produce as much thrust or burn for as long as they do with that fuel weight.
How
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/yUohrEMuQLna
be gaijin, misinterpret documents, reach misguided conclusion, get corrected and ignore said aknowledged correction for years.
dont be like gaijin
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