December 16, 2001 at 11:01 pm
I’ll let the facts and figures speak for themselves:
-16000 lbs of bringback
-2000nm+ combat radius
-Mach 1.3 supercruise
-multimode AESA APG-71
-Internal Nav/Atk FLIR along with IRST/TCS
-117kt approach speed
-135 expendable decoys
-significant reinforcements to an already rugged structure
-significant enhancements to an already efficent airframe
-cheaper overall than E/F Hornet and can be remanufactured from existing airframes
But of course we all know the Super Hornet was the better choice! :+