reinforced landing gear for carrier operations, and wingtip missile racks. However unlike the Hornet, the Super Hornet has rectangular intake ramps, a larger “sawtooth” wing, and is about 20% ...

This post has been updated with additional details on the incident An F/-18E Super Hornet assigned to the carrier air wing ...

The Super Hornet ... the F-17 variant would become its new lightweight fighter. In order for the platform to be an effective carrier-based aircraft, its tailhook, folding wings, landing gear ...