[Yo-Yo]

Maybe so, but the A2A capabiltity on this bird is secondary. This is a strike aircraft as the name implies. It may be giving up a bit in the perfomance area to protect those compressor intakes from radar.

Those are AIM-120s in the conformal fuel tank/internal weapons storage, not JDAMs.

If you were going to be in a dogfight, would you rather be in an F-15E or an F-35A?

The F/A-18E/F SuperHornet found a way to add RAM coated louvers in the intake path without sacrificing performance.

[Tallguy]

The F/A-18E/F SuperHornet found a way to add RAM coated louvers in the intake path without sacrificing performance.

Interesting tidbit. Thanks!