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Boeing F/A-18A Hornet

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet vs.
Sukhoi Flanker Analysis [Click for more ...]

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The F/A-18A is Australia's air combat fighter, acquired to provide an air superiority aircraft to replace the Mirage IIIO series. When acquired it was the most capable fighter in the region.

The acquisition of Russian designed Sukhoi Su-27SK and Su-30MK series fighters by most regional nations now presents an environment where the F/A-18A is outclassed in all key performance parameters. With the remaining fatigue life in Australia's F/A-18A fleet to expire over the next decade, a costly program to replace fuselage centre barrels has been initiated to stretch the life of these aircraft. Radar, electronic warfare, guided weapon and missile upgrades are now in progress.

This website will post a selection of relevant articles, submissions and papers.


F/A-18A and Replacement Strategy Articles

HeadsUp Newsletter - Issue 318 - HEADSUP SPECIAL - Is the JSF really good enough? analysing the ASPI paper
HeadsUp Newsletter - Issue 322 - HEADSUP SPECIAL - F/A-22As, JSFs and 21st Century air combat
Australian Aviation  - April 2004 - Is the Joint Strike Fighter Right for Australia? Pt.1
Australian Aviation  - May 2004 - Is the Joint Strike Fighter Right for Australia? Pt.2
Kopp C., May  1998 - Replacing the RAAF F/A-18 Hornet Fighter, Strategic, Operational and Technical Issues -Submission to the Minister for Defence
Australian Aviation  - Series 1999 - Quo Vadis, RAAF?  Part 1 The Strategic Context  Part 2 The ADF's Alternatives
Australian Aviation  - Series 1999 -  Deedle, Deedle, Deedle, BANG! The Paradigm Shift in Air Superiority
Australian Aviation  - Series 1999 - Measures of Fighter Capability Parts 1 - 3
Australian Aviation  - August 2000 - Eurofighter Typhoon - Demon or Lemon?
Australian Aviation  - May/June 2001 - Flying the F/A-18F Super Hornet  (FTA Mirror) (Photo)
Air Power Australia - March 2007 - F/A-18A Image Gallery
Defence Today - January/February 2007  - F/A-18E/F Super Hornet vs. Sukhoi Flanker

Regional Capability Analyses

Air Power Australia - January 2007 - Sukhoi Flankers - The Shifting Balance of Regional Air Power
Air Power Australia - January 2007 - Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback
Air Power Australia - December 2006 - Almaz S-300PT/PS/PMU-1/2, S-400 Triumf, S-400M Samoderzhets
Air Power Australia - December 2006 -  Antey S-300V and S-300VM
Air Power Australia - January 2007 - Regional Precision Guided Munitions

The Parliamentary Debate [Page]

F/A-18A Inadequacy as an F-111 Replacement - Click for more ...





Inferiority of JSF and F/A-18A vs Su-30+




F-22A Raptor Sukhoi Flanker F-111 Aardvark F/A-18A Hornet Joint Strike Fighter Weapons Aerial Refuelling and Airlift Issues ISR and NCW Issues Regional Capability Issues Defence Policy and Reform Issues Supporting Air Power in Australia
  Directed Energy Weapons and Electromagnetic Bombs Systems and Basic Technology Australia's First Online Journal Covering Air Power Issues [ISSN 1832-2433] Information Warfare, Information Operations and Electronic Attack Air Power and National Military Strategy Issues
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