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Hobby Master HA5103 1:72 F/A-18F Super Hornet A44-212, 1st Sqn., RAAF, Operation Okra.

The McDonnell Douglas Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet is a twin-engine multi-role carrier-basedaircraft. The E variant is single-seater while the F variant is a tandem-seat configuration. TheE is a much larger, more advanced and more capable variant of the F/A-18C. The Super variantcan carry a larger array of weapons as well as more of them and is capable of returning to thecarrier while still carrying unspent munitions, a big savings in dollars. The first F/A-18E flight wasin 1995 and began delivery to the USN in 1999.

RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets are based at RAAF Base Amberley and assigned to 1 and 6Squadrons. The RAAF acquired 24 F/A-18F aircraft while waiting for the F-35A Lightning II tobecome available. The RAAF Super Hornet maiden flight was on July 21, 2009 with the first fiveaircraft arriving in Australia on March 26, 2010.These aircraft were considered operational readyin December 2012. Operation Okra was Australias contribution to the air war against ISIS/ISIL.F/A-18F A44-212 BuNo. 167968 was delivered to 1 Squadron on July 6, 2010.