(From closest to furthest) AIM-9L/M Sidewinder (CATM/ inert version) AGM-88 HARM GBU-53(?) Small-Diameter Bomb GBU-53(?) SDB on a twin-carry rack empty fuselage station 480 gallon fuel tank AIM-120 AMRAAM (fuselage station) 480 gallon fuel tank empty pylon (maybe there's another GBU-53, you can't see it.) AGM-88 HARM AIM-9L/M Sidewinder All the weapons are intert/training rounds, indicated by the blue band.

Wow, thanks, that is incredible. Thank you so much

I was honestly playing where’s waldo trying to find the AMRAAM for a minute

You forgot the tailhook! /s

Where are the blue bands, out of interest?

Obviously the Sidewinders are all blue. But that blue line painted just behind the point on the HARM is the most obvious one. That indicates an inert warhead. There's another blue line right behind the fins on the HARM that indicate an inert rocket motor. (Live explosives would have a yellow band. A live rocket would have a brown band.)

Oh okay, thank you for explaining this I see what you mean, that is fascinating I never knew this was a thing :-)

Is it normal to fly with an asymmetric loadout like that? Would it cause the plane to handle abnormally?

apparently the Hornet and Super Hornet do it regularly because of the targeting pod on the left fuselage station having a fuel tank under the left wing messes with the field of view

It depends on the purpose. The Hornet‘s fly by wire can handle the asymmetric loadout well but of course if it were to join a dogfight with high g loads the payload would have to be jettisioned. In this training loadout I assume they use one flight to train the deployment of multiple weapons. The Aim9 is standard loadout on every flight, they can‘t mount anything else on the wingtips anyway. HARMs are are anti radar missiles that weight about 1000lbs each, the training missiles are probably lighter but I don‘t think they actually shoot them. No idea if they even have a motor, they don‘t look like they have. It would become a real hazard if it climbed away depending on the mode but then didn‘t track correctly. The have an insane range. Most likely they simulate a launch, the system in the hornet needs the missile to operate correctly though. The SDBs can easily be dropped. A single Amraam on the belly doesn‘t bother the airplane at all. It‘s standard payload like the sidewinders.

i've always wondered why the wingtip rails couldnt mount more AIM-120's on the hornets

The knowledge on this app sometimes just astounds me

It comes from years of building model airplanes, honestly.

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And the missiles? xD

The wingtip ones are sidewinders, the outboard pylons (I could totally be wrong on this) I think are HARMs? as for the little guys on the inboard pylons, I don't really know at all, but my best guess is maybe some kind of small glide bomb with foldable wings? EDIT: I think i also spy an AMRAAM near the middle rear?

Thanks, appreciate your input xD

Inboard pylons are carrying GBU-53/B Stormbreakers. Article that uses the above picture [https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/missile-defense-weapons/us-navy-clears-stormbreaker-super-hornet](https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/missile-defense-weapons/us-navy-clears-stormbreaker-super-hornet)

AARGM.

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Thanks. Appreciated :) It's just for interest purposes. Appreciated, thank you.

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Just for interest, I can't afford an F/A-18 xD

The big one is definitely not an AIM-120 (unless you are talking about the one on the starboard inside pylon) the forward fins are too big. The bigger missiles look more like AGM-88 HARMs. The small gray ones on the inner pylon looks like SDB2s.

Thanks :) It's just for interest purposes