Wingspan: 8.25"
Model length: 12"
Code: PW07028

The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a larger and more advanced derivative of the F/A-18C/D Hornet. The Super Hornet entered service with the United States Navy in 1999, replacing the F-14 Tomcat and will serve alongside the original Hornet. The Super Hornet was ordered in 2007 by the Royal Australian Air Force to replace its aging F-111 fleet.

Strike Fighter Squadron 103 (the Jolly Rogers) is a Strike Fighter Squadron flying the F/A-18F Super Hornet and is based at NAS Oceana.

Armament

• Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1/A2 Vulcan cannon
   
• Hardpoints: 11 with a capacity of 17,750 lb (8,050 kg),with provisions to carry combinations of:
  
  
  
  • Missiles:
    
    
    
    • 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder on wingtips
       
    • AIM-120 AMRAAM
       
    • AIM-7 Sparrow
       
    • AGM-84 Harpoon
       
    • AGM-88 HARM
       
    • AGM-65 Maverick missiles
       
  • Bombs:
    
    
    
    • AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
       
    • Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
       
    • Paveway laser guided bombs
       
    • Mk 80 series general-purpose bombs
       
    • Mk-20 Rockeye II and CBU-series cluster bombs