Plumbum Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Hello---need to add some weapons to my Super Hornet build. What would the F/A-18E carry for air to air for a combat air patrol over the carrier? Thanks---John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NealParkes Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I know that these are inert weapons but it’s a “I mean business” load out, 8 x AIM-120 & 2 x AIM-9!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 You should probably distinguish between a normal peacetime load and a WW III scenario. For a normal load one or two AIM-120s and a pair of AIM-9Xs. For WW III it would probably bump up to four or five AIM-120s. The weapons loads used by carrier based aircraft are often surprisingly light due to the number of stores on board a carrier, "bring back" weight, and maintenance issues. During the Gulf of Sidra Incident one of the F-14s only carried a pair of AIM-7Fs and a single AIM-9L (the other AIM-9 station was broke, so no missile was loaded there), while the other jet had a 2 x 2 load of the same missiles. Going further back, when Freckleton and Weigand killed a MiG-17 over Vietnam they launched on a dedicated air to air mission with no AIM-7s loaded on their F-4B (their radar was hard broke) and only three AIM-9Ds, because one of the AIM-9 stations was bad. Regards, Murph 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Thanks Murph, was thinking 2003 to 2006 time frame as I am doing an older block one bird. This maybe ?---John https://imgur.com/nVs37AS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I'd assume some 2? External tanks, flir pod, amraam on cheres and a aother pair Aim-120 , 2 Aim-9X.. Kind of optimusing range/time on station and weapons loadout.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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