The F/E-18 is a single-seat multirole aircraft with fairly high flight performance. It can mount a heavy load of Multi-Lock Anti-Air Missiles or Semi-Active Air Missiles, or use its second slot for Multi-Lock Anti-Ground missiles, rockets or bombs.
Its Pacific Federation skins always bear "FEDERATION COMMAND".
Skins[]
- Gray body with white leading wing edges, nose, wingtip launch rails and elevator tips, mercenary and Monarch markings.
- Steel blue upper fuselage, with white/dark blue camouflage pattern on dorsal surface and white underbelly. Steel blue rudders with orange tips and Federation Navy markings. Seen during the campaign.
- Olive green/light brown desert camouflage dorsal surface and white underbelly, with yellow stripes on wings and rudder edges and white dorsal surface. Cascadian Air Force/Independence Force markings.
- Light gray body with black stripe running down upper fuselage, red stripe along wing tips. Black rudders with red tip. Federation Navy markings. Loosely based on the VFA-31 F/A-18E.
- Dark blue dorsal surface and dark gray underbelly. Somewhat worn out paint, mercenary and Monarch markings.
- Dense three-tone gray digital camouflage with black anti-glare panels. Federation Navy markings.
- Edelweiss livery: Snow leopard pattern dorsal surface with gray underbelly and dark blue leading edges and wingtips. Mercenary markings with a shield emblem containing five stars, a part white and light blue background, and a white flower on the foreground.
Notable Units[]
- Crosstalk Squadron - Fought in Homestead.
- Gemini and Python - Conquest mode only. Normal elite enemy squadron, four members.
- Queenie - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron, four members.
- Ranger - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron member (Musqquito).
- Sierra Golf - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron member (Neil).
- Edelweiss - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron, five members.
- Harmony - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron, six members.
- Knight - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron member (Shellback).
- Ral's Rievers - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron member (Riever 3).
- SOS Brigade - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron, eight members.
- 404th - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron aircraft, two members (Anon).
- F.O.G - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron members, three aircraft.
- Cifereca - Conquest mode only. Kickstarter boss squadron member (Kalsi).
History[]
The Federation Crosstalk Squadron, which entirely used F/E-18s, was assigned to Rowsdower Air Force Base at the time of the Cascadian Conflict. It was on patrol when the base was recaptured, and upon return, it fought CIF-aligned forces for a short while before being shot down.[1]
Federation F/E-18s were part of the siege of Wild Boar Regiment[2] and the hunt for the stolen Eminent Domain.[3] Three were stationed at the Chaohord Defense Region's mountain hangar when they were eradicated by Monarch in a lone raid.[4] In addition, over a dozen were at the Solana Communications Array conducting patrols when Operation Blackout occurred.[5]
Operation Guillotine saw the deployment and shootdown of several dozen F/E-18s from both Federation and CIF sides. Later portions of the war had the aircraft see involvement in defending Brite Fortress (two aircraft)[6] and being the tip of the 1st Naval Battlegroup's spear during Operation Welder (six).[7]
Trivia[]
The F/E-18s
- Four F/E-18s can be seen taxiing behind the fence in the deep background in the main menu.
- The F/E-18 was established in the demos to have a production year of AC 399 and built by Morgan Security. Its description in the demos read as follows:
- "The Morgan F/E-18 is a twin-engine carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft. The F/E-18 was based of the F\C-18 by Henderson Corp. It has a larger profile and sharp cornered intakes compared to it's[sic] old counterpart. The F/E-18 uses the internal 20 mm UGS61 rotary cannon and is able to load multi discipline loadout[sic] ranging from air-to-air and air-to-ground."
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References[]
- ↑ Sector D2. (2020). Project Wingman [Video game]. San Francisco, CA: Humble Games. Mission 03: "Homestead."
- ↑ Sector D2. (2020). Project Wingman [Video game]. San Francisco, CA: Humble Games. Mission 04: "Uphill, Every Way."
- ↑ Sector D2. (2020). Project Wingman [Video game]. San Francisco, CA: Humble Games. Mission 07: "Eminent Domain."
- ↑ Sector D2. (2020). Project Wingman [Video game]. San Francisco, CA: Humble Games. Mission 09: "Stepping Stone."
- ↑ Sector D2. (2020). Project Wingman [Video game]. San Francisco, CA: Humble Games. Mission 10: "Pillars of Communications."
- ↑ Sector D2. (2020). Project Wingman [Video game]. San Francisco, CA: Humble Games. Mission 17: "No Respite."
- ↑ Sector D2. (2020). Project Wingman [Video game]. San Francisco, CA: Humble Games. Mission 19: "Red Sea."
| Project Wingman/World on Fire Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Playable | Trainers: T-21 • T/F-4 Fighters: F/C-15 • F/C-16 • MG-29 • Sk.27 Interceptors: CR.105 (Mk.2*) • F/D-14 • MG-21 (Mk.2*) • MG-31 Strikes: F/E-4 • SV-37 Attacker: Sk.25U Multiroles: Accipiter (Mk.2*) • F/E-18 Prototypes: Sk.37 • F/S-15 • VX-23 • Chimera • SP-34R • PW-Mk.I |
| Unplayable | ACG-01(T1Mod02) • BC-4S • C-8 (FC-8) • C/T-17 • D/V-204 • EP-215 • F/F-18 • I/A-52 • P.28 • Sk.30 • Sk.50 • X-PF |
| * denotes being only available to use in Conquest mode. | |