IronMike

Give me a week but I’ll compile a loadout report by mission.  I don’t know if the AI will use SLAMs with the datalink pod.  This would be a useful alternative to the JSOWS.  I changed the loadout to GBU-16s with ATFLIR(thinking Nitehawk pod) and the Hornets do not use them- at least in that mission.  It’s the TALD escort mission with a lot of cruise missiles.  Pretty much every mission also has an ACMI pod on a wingtip as well and no amraams or Sparrows.  The ACMI pod and odd loadouts are in every mission where the Hornets are strikers.  I also loaded half of the hornets with 2 HARMs whenever they were strikers.  This almost made the missions too easy though

Im good with the alternate timeline Navy IOC for the AIm-120 wasnt until 1993.  This is rivet counting, just making sure you know.  The Sparrows work great

Oh yeah, I know ofc when the amraam was brought to service, but I had to move it up in the fictional timeline, as mentioned above.

Also thank you for your input and feedback, it is much appreciated.