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Old 27th Dec 2019, 09:01
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Lima Juliet
 
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Originally Posted by peter we
Its about the same as the Growler isn't it?
Nope, from the following USN website: https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_d...&tid=1200&ct=1

F18E/F (the F model is very similar to the G as an airframe):
Combat Range: 1,275 nautical miles (2,346 kilometers), clean plus two AIM-9s

From the graphic above the F35B has a combat range of ~450nm!

The Super Hornets have about 1/3rd more fuel than the older bog-standard Hornets that you may be thinking of.
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