AIRCRAFT: F-18A

• TYPE: single seat carrier strike fighter
  
• MAKER: McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Northrop Corporation
  
• SPAN: 11.43 m. (37 ft. 6 in.)
  
• LENGTH: 17.07 m. (56 ft.)
  
• HEIGHT: 4.66 m. (15 ft. 3 1/2 in.)
  
• WING AREA: 37.16 sq. meters (400 sq. ft.)
  
• WEIGHT: maximum 22,710 kg. (50,064 lb.)(catipult limit); empty provisional 9,336 kg. (20,583 lb.))
  
• POWERPLANT: two 16,000 lb. st General Electric F404-GE-400 afterburning turbofans
  
• PERFORMANCE: maximum speed over 1,190 miles/h (Mach 1.8); range 920 miles; service ceiling approx. 50,000 ft.
  
• ARMAMENT: one General Electric M61 20 mm. (.079 in.) Vulcan Cannon; nine external weapons stations with a theoretical capacity of 18,000 lb. of ordinance, comprising two wing tip launch rails for AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs, four underwing pylons for fuel tanks, AAMs, ASMs, bombs or rocket pods, a centerline pylon for fuel tanks or weapons, and two nacelle fuselage stations for either the AIM-7 Sparrow AAMs or Martin Marietta sensor pods
  
• CREW: 1

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