Originally Posted by
F4E Mx
Why yes, the US Navy version is heavier, slower, has less range, payload, and a lower service ceiling than most other Hawk versions. This after only 14 years in development for the Navy.
It's a trainer dipchit, not a frontline fighter. The other Hawk versions can't land on the boat. Care to fancy a guess how many carrier quald aviators have earned their wings in it?
It's got enough range to take good deal low level cross countries, enough ceiling to go to 410, and enough payload to drop mk76's or a blivet to haul all your crap on the road.