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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by neurotech1 on Monday May 02, 2016 @04:42PM (#11615412)
There is 3 different models of super Hornets.

1) F/A-18E Strike Fighter

2) F/A-18F FAC(A) CAS/Strike Fighter

3) EA-18G Growler

Commonality is ~80% between all 3 aircraft. They could probably make a F/A-XX based on F/A-18E/F with similar avionics, and engines based on the F135 in a larger airframe, but they could make it happen relatively economically if that was the priority.

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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by Gravityloss on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @12:47PM (#11622250)
It's not a good design in the stealth and supercruise departments.

Back in the sixties and seventies when the Hornet was designed, modern stealth shaping was not really known.

Modern airframes could be a lot more capable.

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