Absolute's F-18 Hornet is an air combat game focusing on the U.S. Navy's ground attack fighter jet. The game's four missions offer a variety of objectives and varying levels of difficulty.
The first mission is a ground attack training exercise over the China Lake Naval Weapons Range in the Mojave Desert. The second mission places you in the middle of a Warsaw Pact invasion of Europe. The third mission sends you to Central America to air drop supplies to the forces resisting an invasion by Cuban insurgents. The fourth mission is a bombing attack launched from an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean.
The game screen shows your instrument panel and the view out of your cockpit. A data box at the bottom of the screen shows text readouts for important data like remaining fuel, pitch angle, airspeed and altitude.