Superhornet (f/a18e/f) & Growler (ea-18g) Thread

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F/A-18F Cobra like pull-up -
It is not a full cobra since it has to go past 90' degrees for that but the F/A-18F in the video is carrying 6x AIM-120 and 2x AIM-9X. Impressive!


That is indeed a "cobra", but as you can see you have to be so slow to perform a "cobra" that your energy is essentially non-existent, it takes almost all of that energy to pitch off the top back to level flight, and Su-27 does a much better "cobra", simply due to additional thrust...
 
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