F-18F "Bringing the Heat" Super Hornet....Aviation Art

Limited-Edition Print of 500 (13x19) signed and numbered by the Artist.  Seen here in Afghanistan in 2010 an F-18F is releasing heat Flares...   The follow article on the F-18F is from Dr Carlo Kopp, MAIAA, MIEEE Originally published in Australian Aviation May/June, 2001 The Super Hornet is substantially a new aircraft, which shares only limited structural commonality with the F/A-18A-D family of fighters. While the F/A-18E/F forward fuselage is derived from the F/A-18C design, the wing, center and aft fuselage, tail surfaces and powerplants are entirely new. The baseline avionic system is however largely derived from the F/A-18C, with planned growth through further evolved derivatives of the radar, EW and core avionic systems, and entirely new systems where appropriate.  The designation F/A-18E/F reflects the fact that the aircraft is derived from the F/A-18A-D, even if it is a significantly larger airframe design - the program was implemented as an Engineering Change P