tomcatter Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 I usually check the videos at airboyd tv, I found this one showing a A-A refuelling of two hornets and a Hercules, nothing wired. But one of the hornets is carrying a pod attached on the bottom of the fuselage, under the cockpit, you can see it clearly at 5:30 on the video. I can guess it´s a recon pod, but can anyone identify it, i never seen it before. Thanks in advance for your answers
Silver_Dragon Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 F/A-18D with minigun replaced by ATARS recon system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Tactical_Airborne_Reconnaissance_System For Work/Gaming: 28" Philips 246E Monitor - Ryzen 7 1800X - 32 GB DDR4 - nVidia RTX1080 - SSD 860 EVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 2 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Warthog / TPR / MDF
Oesau Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 Well I wouldn't call the Vulcan a minigun (being a 20mm cannon) but Silver Dragon is correct, it's one of the D's fitting out with one of the removal recon units :)
tomcatter Posted June 29, 2014 Author Posted June 29, 2014 never hear about that modification...... Thank you for the info, I keep learning yeahh..¡¡¡¡
Stratos Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 Never heard that, is the C capable of caarying it too? I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
Oesau Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 Never heard that, is the C capable of caarying it too? Apparently only the last 48 F/A-18D's delivered to the Marines have provisioning to be fitted with the recon pallet (though only a smaller number at any point in time have it fitted). There were a number of earlier attempts to get a recon version of the single and dual seat hornets, however they were never funded. As much as I don't want to point you to wiki as the source of truth (becuase it isn't), this does have a brief mention of the other two recon types of the Hornet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet
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