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Panavia Tornado and McDonnell Douglas FA-18 Hornet

Name:	Panavia Tornado	McDonnell Douglas FA-18 Hornet
Type:	Multirole aircraft, strike aircraft	Multirole fighter
Origin:	Germany/Italy/United Kingdom	USA
Produced:	1979–1998	1980
Unit cost:	-	29 million $ (2006)

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	1,390 km	2,000 km
Max speed:	Mach 2.2 (2,400 km/h, 1,490 mph)	Mach 1.8 (1,190 mph, 1,915 km/h)
Service ceiling:	15,240 m	15,240 m
Weight empty:	19.9 t	10.4 t
Weight max:	28 t	23.5 t

Crew:	2	1 or 2

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Dimensions

Length:	16.72 m	17.1 m
Width:	13.91 m	12.3 m
Height:	5.95 m	4.7 m

Images

Panavia Tornado

Author: "Tornado ECR JaBoG 32 1997" by TSgt. Brad Fallin, USAF - U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DF-SC-99-00806; USAF photo 970922-F-0024F-003.. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tornado_ECR_JaBoG_32_1997.JPEG#/media/File:Tornado_ECR_JaBoG_32_1997.JPEG License

McDonnell Douglas FA-18 Hornet

Author: "USMC FA-18 Hornet" by LCPL JOHN MCGARITY, USMC - http://www.defenselink.mil/multimedia/. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC_FA-18_Hornet.JPEG#/media/File:USMC_FA-18_Hornet.JPEG License