Packed with technical details, insider information, and more than 150 illustrations and action photos, this thrilling book puts readers in command of this $24 million aircraft--without having to enlist!  The experts at Jane's strap readers into the world's most advanced aircraft with this, the second title in the well-received "At the Controls" series.

How to Fly and Fight in the F/A-18 Hornet (Jane's at the Controls) David C. Isby   Janes   Jane's

Jane's At the Controls is a new series providing a 'hands-on' briefing of what it is like to fly and fight in modern combat aircraft. By following a hypothetical mission set sometime in the near future, the full capabilities of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 will be revealed. With its APG-65 multimode radar and infra-red search and tracking sensor, the Hornet can operate by day or by night over the harshest environment of all: the ocean. It can carry a formidable ordinance load including Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SLAM, it's equivalent for land targets. In this scenario the Hornets will use laser guided bombs for pinpoint precision against enemy missile craft lurking among neutral shipping.

Format: Paperback, 96pp.
ISBN 0004720091
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Pub. Date: December  1997

David C. Isby