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The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet & EA-18G Growler Brad Elward

The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet & EA-18G Growler By Brad Elward

The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet & EA-18G Growler by Brad Elward


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The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet & EA-18G Growler: A Developmental and Operational History by Brad Elward

The story of how the Super Hornet and Growler came into existence is the focus of this new book. The F/A-18E/F has its roots in the late-1980s Hornet 2000 study, which itself evaluated ways to enhance the range, payload, and bring-back capability of the existing F/A-18 Hornet. Through a series of trade-offs imposed by largely limited defense funds, what emerged was a versatile, affordable strike fighter aircraft that has served the Navy well since its fleet introduction in 2002. The Growler has a similar history. Itself an offshoot of the Super Hornet program, the EA-18G brought many of the Super Hornet's attributes - speed, maneuverability, self-defense capability, and advanced systems - into the electronic attack community and is now posed to assume all such missions from the venerable EA-6B Prowler within the next few years. The book draws on interviews with many of the key players in the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G program and on many press reports of the day to tell the story of how these aircraft were designed, developed, and deployed. Moreover, the book provides insights into the problems faced by these key individuals as well as the management methods they used to produce aircraft that have consistently been delivered at or ahead of schedule, under cost, and under weight.

About Brad Elward

Brad Elward focuses his writing on the F/A-18 Hornet family, including the F/A-18 Legacy Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and EA-18G Growler, and has authored eleven books, and over forty magazine articles. He lives in Illinois.

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NGR9780764340413
9780764340413
0764340417
The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet & EA-18G Growler: A Developmental and Operational History by Brad Elward
New
Hardback
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
2012-12-19
400
N/A
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