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The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet is one of the most iconic american aircraft operated within NATO forces. Designed to be a multi-purpose fighter and attack aircraft, the Hornet brings to the table advanced avionics, a robust fly-by-wire FCS (Flight Control System), a powerful radar and a new way to fly. Also, two words… Carrier. Operations. Need I say more?
Table of Contents
PART 1 – INTRODUCTION
PART 2 – CONTROLS SETUP
PART 3 – COCKPIT & GAUGES
PART 4 – START-UP PROCEDURE
PART 5 – TAKEOFF
PART 6 – LANDING
PART 7 – ENGINE MANAGEMENT
PART 8 – FLIGHT & AERODYNAMICS
PART 9 – RADAR & SENSORS
PART 10 – OFFENCE: WEAPONS & ARMAMENT
PART 11 – DEFENCE: RWR & COUNTERMEASURES
PART 12 – DATALINK & IFF
PART 13 – RADIO TUTORIAL
PART 14 – AUTOPILOT
PART 15 – NAVIGATION & ICLS LANDING
PART 16 – AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING
PART 17 – OTHER RESOURCES
Last Updated: 31/08/2019
Revision History:
-31/08/2019: Corrected IFF tutorial procedure to use Sensor Select Depress switch
-28/08/2019: Added bookmarks
-26/08/2019: Updated Sensors Section with LITENING II Targeting Pod, Added AGM-65E Maverick, AGM-84D Harpoon (BOL & R/BL), GPS-Guided Ordnance (Targeting Pod), and GBU-12 (Laser-Guided) Tutorials, Updated IFF & Datalink Section, Added hyperlinks in Table of Contents, Fixed Typos
-21/07/2019: Updated Start-Up Procedure, Added IFF & Datalink Section, Added AGM-65F Maverick, AGM-88C HARM (TOO & SP), GBU-38 JDAM (Pre-Planned), AGM-154 JSOW (TOO), AIM-9X (JHMCS) & AIM-120 Tutorials, Re-wrote Sensors Section & Updated Radar Modes, Added FPAS page description, Fixed Typos
-13/01/2019: Fixed typo in the Air-to-Air Radar Azimuth Scale Description
-30/07/2018: Added Case III Recovery (ICLS Landing) Tutorial
-21/06/2018: Added IFF section in Radar & Sensors section, updated radio tutorial, radar section, carrier operation procedures, RWR section, catapult takeoff trim table, and AoA Indexer tables
-12/06/2018: Added hyperlink to Backy51’s Checklist and Redkite’s Controls Template
-11/06/2018: Typos corrected, updated RWR section, corrected Carrier Landing procedure
-9/06/2018: Initial Release
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