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#363001 - 10/02/04 02:08 AM Hornet radar  
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Anyone has any info on how many US Navy and USMC Hornets have been fitted with the APG-73 instead of -65?
I know that since 94 all have been produced with it, but what about earlier ABCDs?

Also, are the A/Bs currently in service capable of carrying the same weapons as the C/Ds (such as AGM-65, AIM-120, laser and GPS guided bombs)
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#363002 - 10/02/04 04:35 PM Re: Hornet radar  
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Contact someone at the PMA 265.

#363003 - 10/02/04 04:57 PM Re: Hornet radar  
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Do they have an E-mail? (i live outside the US)

#363004 - 10/03/04 01:49 PM Re: Hornet radar  
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The history of the F/A-18A-D models is pretty well known. To answer your question, the Navy bought about 400 A/B models until recieving C/D around September 87. It wasn't until May 1994 that C/D's were coming off the production line with the APG-73 so there were quite a few APG-65 C/D models produced. Don't have the exact numbers available but roughly 370 A models, 21 B's were made...rest of the buys were C/D until they stopped the run in 1999.
APG-73 equips all E/F models with future E/F's getting the APG-79 AESA radar.

#363005 - 10/03/04 05:20 PM Re: Hornet radar  
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Yeah, but its possible that some of the earlier C/Ds or some of the A/Bs have benn fitted through the years with the APG-73.
This is the tricky info to find out.

#363006 - 10/04/04 01:43 AM Re: Hornet radar  
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I think the A+ might have the -73 and the engine upgrade.

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