On 10/2/04 5:38 AM, in article
, "Allen Epps"
wrote:



Pugs,

I thought all of the USMCR Hornets got ECP-583 A+ upgrades. Were the Hell's
Angels the exception?

By the way, the Hornet community's mishap rate this year seems to be in the
toilet. Anybody got any comparative numbers?

--Woody


Woody,
You may well be right. I just saw next to the buno on their jets it
still had F/A-18A. Was the A+ a field mod or depot level work?
Pugs

The A+ comes in two flavors: ECP-560 and ECP-583. Both mods upgrade the
Mission Computers to XN-8's (i.e. C model MC's) and Embedded GPS/INS (EGI).
The result is an F/A-18C weapons system in an F/A-18A airframe--an F/A-18A+.
The ECP-583 also comes with an APG-73 (Radar Upgrade or RUG) radar and the
Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT).

All this is done at depot level.

Long answer for a short question.

--Woody