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F-18 Hornet
This airplanes
history has an interesting story.
Boath of its prototypes had a crash on
their first flight, because one of vertical stabilisators
fell of during test flights.
The whole project was questioned,
and from a plane that was to become
the best US aircraft became an average
flight
characteristics airplane.
Multirole fighter-bomber
Speed Mach 1.7+
Crew One (A, C, and E model), Two (B, D and F model)
Armament OneM61A1/A2 Vulcan 20mm canon;
AIM 9 Sidewinder, AIM 7 Sparrow,
AIM-120 AMRAAM, Harpoon, Harm, Shrike,
SLAM, SLAM-ER, Walleye,
Maverick rockets; Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW);
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM);
+different kinds of mines and bombs
Unit cost $ 38 million
