

With considerable effort using DxWnd, Jane's F/A-18 *will* run in Windows 10, but I highly recommend an old Windows 98/98SE or Windows XP Pentium 4 machine with a GeForce 4-era GPU. F/A-18 runs best in Windows 9X/ME/2000 and XP, and the official patch is highly recommended. At the time of its release (early 2000), you needed a very beefy Pentium III (or early AMD Athlon processor, if you were lucky enough to afford one) and a 16 MB Direct3D video card such as an nVidia Riva TNT, TNT2 or the first GeForce card (called the GeForce 256) to run the sim with decent frame rates. It also has a "clickable" 3D virtual cockpit. Jane's F/A-18 has an upgraded 3D engine from the F-15 product, supporting higher resolutions.

It also teaches the virtual pilot about Naval operations and gives us an idea of how the Navy is able to project power across the globe. From a systems, planning, tactics, doctrine and reference perspective, It has about the level of simulation detail of Jane's F-15. Jane's F/A-18 is another must-have for the joint military air power enthusiast.
