F-18 E/F loaded up

1997-03-12T16:09:00

Stores-carriage testing has begun with the McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F. An F-18E was flown with three 1,820litre fuel tanks, two Mk84 bombs, two Texas Instruments AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation and two Raytheon AIM-9 air-to-air missiles, for the heaviest take-off weight yet, of 28,300kg.

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