Do marines fly f18s and off carriers?
-JOh C

"John C" > wrote in :

> Do marines fly f18s and off carriers?
> -JOh C
>
>

Yes. Yes. And onto carriers, too.

"John C" > wrote in message
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> Do marines fly f18s and off carriers?
> -JOh C

Marine squadrons are regularly assigned to carrier air groups.

Leanne

John C wrote:
> Do marines fly f18s and off carriers?

Yes and the Marines will fly off carriers even more so in the future.

http://www.fas.org/man/crs/RS21488.pdf
> The cross-assignment of the 6 Marine Corps squadrons would add to the
> 4 Marine Corps strike fighter squadrons that, since the 1990s, have
> been assigned to help fill out Navy carrier air wings, bringing the
> total number of cross-assigned Marine Corps squadrons to 10.

Of course this means that in the future the USMC will shift to all
non-carrier strike fighters (F-35B) so that the Navy will quit borrowing
them. ;-)

-HJC

Dave in San Diego > wrote in
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> "John C" > wrote in
> :
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>> Do marines fly f18s and off carriers?
>> -JOh C
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> Yes. Yes. And onto carriers, too.

Mostly.
You try very hard to ensure:

# of takeoffs == # of landings

IBM