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.