Platz - 1/144 F/A-18A HORNET RAAF 77 SQN 77TH ANNIVERSARY

SKU: PLPF54

$43.99

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Description

Platz

One of the special aircraft that came to Japan for the Japan-Australia joint training "Bushido Guardian 19"!

This plastic model assembly kit reproduces the F/A-18A, a fighter aircraft operated by the Royal Australian Air Force in 1/144 scale.

About the actual aircraft

The F/A-18 Hornet is a ship-based fighter developed and operated by the U.S. Navy.
The initial F/A-18A/B were produced from 1979, and were deployed by the Marine Corps before the U.S. Navy from 1980.
It is equipped with two GE F404-GE-400 turbofan engines.
It boasted a maximum speed of Mach 1.7.
The aircraft was armed with a single M61A1 20mm Vulcan cannon as a fixed armament.
It was capable of operating various air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ship missiles.
It was deployed not only in the United States but also in other countries around the world.
The Royal Australian Air Force was one of them, and 55 single-seat F/A-18As and 16 double-seat F/A-18Bs were produced and operated for the Royal Australian Air Force.