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To: jern
The news keeps saying that the pilot ejected. Is not the F-18 a two seater?
51 posted on 03/26/2004 12:57:55 PM PST by Rogle
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To: Rogle
Not usually . . . there are some used for training, but most are single seaters.
61 posted on 03/26/2004 1:13:42 PM PST by Taipei Personality (Criminal intent is a matter of will, not weapons.)
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To: Rogle
The news keeps saying that the pilot ejected. Is not the F-18 a two seater?

The F/A-18B, F/A-18D and F/A-18F are two seaters, used for operational conversion training. They give up some fuel capacity and/or some bombload because of the second cockpit, but otherwise have the same capabilities as the single seaters. IIRC, the Marines use some of the two seaters for regular missions where, somewhat in the fashion of the Air Force F-15E, the extra set of eyes and the extra brain are needed. Otherwise the two seaters can just fly regular missions with the second seat empty.

F-15 and F-16 also have two seat varients, -B and -D models. The F-15E is a somewhat different bird, optimized for long range strike rather than air to air combat. (This in spite of the motto of the Air Force developement and fighter communities during it's design "Not a Pound for Air To Ground".)

102 posted on 03/27/2004 6:30:09 PM PST by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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