Butcher's Specs:
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Crew: 2
Length: 60 ft 1¼ in (18.31 m)
Wingspan: 44 ft 8½ in (13.62 m)
Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
Wing area: 500 ft²
Empty weight: 33,000 lb
Loaded weight: 48,000 lb
Max. Takeoff weight: 70,000
Powerplant: 2 x General Electric F414-GE400 Turbofans
Dry Thrust 14,000 lbf each
Thrust with afterburner: 24,000 lbf each
Internal fuel capacity: F/A-18E: 14,400 lb (6,780 kg), F/A-18F: 13,550 lb (6,354 kg)
External fuel capacity: 5 × 480 gal tanks, totaling 16,380 lb (7,381 kg)
PERFORMANCE
Maximum Speed: Mach 1.9
Range: 1,460 nmi clean plus two AIM-9
Combat radius: 400 nmi
ARMAMENT
Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan nose mounted Gatling gun, 800 rounds
Hardpoints: 11 total: 2× wingtips, 6× under-wing, and 3× under-fuselage with a capacity of 17,750 lb (8,050 kg) external fuel and ordnance
Missiles: **Air-to-air missiles:
4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or 4× AIM-120 AMRAAM
2× AIM-7 Sparrow or 2× AIM-120 AMRAAM
Air-to-surface missiles:
AGM-65 Maverick
AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Range (SLAM-ER)
AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile
AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
Anti-ship missile:
AGM-84 Harpoon
Long Range Anti-Ship Missile
Bombs:
JDAM precision-guided munition
Paveway series of laser-guided bombs
Mk 80 series of unguided iron bombs
CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
CBU-78 Gator
CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
Mk 20 Rockeye II
OTHERS:
SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or
Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod or
AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR Targeting pods or
up to 3× 330 U.S. gallon (1,200 L) Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time or
1× 330 U.S. gal (1,200 L) tank and 4× 480 U.S. gal (1,800 L) tanks for aerial refueling system (ARS).
AVIONICS:
Hughes APG-73 or Raytheon APG-79 Radar
Northrop Grumman/ITT AN/ALE-165 self-protection jammer pod or BAE Systems AN/ALE-214 integrated defensive electronic countermeasures system
Raytheon AN/ALE-50 or BAE Systems AN/ALE-55 towed decoy
Northrop Grumman AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver
ABOUT BUTCHER:
I am not friendly.
That does not mean I am mean 24/7.
I do not like civilians.
I honor my opponents. (I would never finish off a plane who's had enough and is leaving"
My Grandfather was a Spitfire in the RCAF in World War 2
I am the only living CFA-18E/F Super Hornet.
I occasionally go hunting, for jeeps.
I take out my anger in violent ways.