Prowlus wrote:

Is the S-3 Viking going to be retired? According to this article here
they want to axe it asap

http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/1204527.html

Wouldn't this make the F-18 the only fast jet asset the navy can field
until the f-35 becomes available? Thank god theres no "F/C-18" .
Whatever happened to the navy that field 4 different types of strike
aircraft per deployment?


Don't you know The F/A 18 is the Swiss Army Knife of Naval Aviation.
Even has a toothpick! ;-)