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F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

Carrier-based multirole fighter family with single-seat E and two-seat F variants.

by Boeing

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An F/A-18F Super Hornet landing on the deck of USS George H. W. Bush

Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sandra A. Pimentel via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Navy) · Resized and reencoded as WebP with metadata removed; no additional crop.

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Sources2

  1. 1.
    OtherPulling 7Gs in an F-18 Fighter Jet With the Blue Angels

    Sam Eckholm · Sep 9, 2023 · Supports: System · name

    “super hornet”
  2. 2.
    Government recordF/A-18A-D Hornet and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Strike Fighter > United States Navy > Display-FactFiles

    Supports: System

    “The single-seat F/A-18E and the two-seat F/A-18F”

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