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Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet vs McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

The Super Hornet has rectangular air intakes and is bigger; the legacy Hornet has rounded D-shaped intakes.

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

Rectangular box-shaped intakes under big leading-edge extensions, plus two outward-canted fins, on a twin-engine fighter.

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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

Two outward-canted fins, long leading-edge extensions running forward to the cockpit and rounded intakes tucked under them.

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Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet vs McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet: how to tell them apart · Spot the Jet