F/A-18C Hornet



 F/A-18C Hornet



Description
The F/A-18C Hornet is a single-seat, multirole strike fighter. The Hornet was conceived as a multi-task aircraft that could perform the roles of fighter and attack. With it's entry into service with the U.S. Navy,Marine Corps, and British Royal Navy, the F/A-18C has replaced older, single role machines like the A-4 Skyhawk,A-7 Corsair II and F-4 Phantom II. The F/A-18's combat debut was over Libya in 1986 during Operation El Dorado Canyon, later during Operation Desert Storm the F/A-18C perfromed round-the-clock day and night sorties with great success, despite the loss of two F/A-18s. Both U.S. Navy Marine, and British Royal Navy Hornets have been continuously used in Operation Southern Watch and in the Bosnia and Kosovo campaigns in the 1990s. Hornets and Super Hornets have been used in Operation Enduring Freedom and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The F/A-18C and twin-seat D models are the result of a block upgrade in 1987 incorporating upgraded radar, avionics, and the capacity to carry new missiles such as the AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile and AGM-65 Maverick and AGM-84 Harpoon air-to-surface missiles.

Other upgrades include the Martin-Baker NACES (Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seat), and a self-protection jammer. A synthetic aperture ground mapping radar enables the pilot to locate targets in poor visibility conditions. C and D models delivered since 1989 also include an improved night attack capability, consisting of the Hughes AN/AAR-50 thermal navigation pod, the Loral AN/AAS-38 Night Hawk FLIR (forward looking infrared array) targeting pod, night vision goggles, and two full-color (previously monochrome) MFDs and a color moving map.

Aces
-Riho (STFS/AC)

-Vaisala (FEAF/AC4)

-Bachstelze / BAF (ACZ)

-Kolibri (BAF/ACZ) -Berhard Schmidt (BAF/ACZ)

Armament
Gun:20mm x102 M61A2 Vulca

Missiles:AIM-9 Sidewinder

UGBM:Mk-82 (AC04)

LASM:AGM-84 Harpoon (AC4, AC5 & ACZ)

SAAM:AIM-7M Sparrow (ACZ)

SOD:AGM-154 JSOW (ACZ)

XMAA:AIM-120B/C AMRAAM (AC04)

Ace Combat Stats
Stability: 20 Defense: 50 Offense: 90 Power: 90 Mobility: 50

Ace Combat 5/Zero Stats
Speed: 68 Mobility: 44 Stability: 53 Defense: 57 Air-to-Air: 27 Air-to-Ground: 62

Comparable Aircraft
-F-CK-1 Ching-kuo -Mirage 2000 -Mirage 2000-5 -F-16C Fighting Falcon -F-16E Fighting Falcon -JAS-39C Gripen -F-2A Viper Zero -MiG-29A Fulcrum -Tornado IDS