Henry J Cobb wrote:

:Mike wrote:
:...
: Recent moves by Navy officials have shed doubt on the service's
: commitment to the international, tri-service JSF effort.
: One industry official with ties to naval leaders said senior sea
: service officials disagree about how they should shape the Navy's
: tactical air fleet. The service has said it likely will face an
: "inventory shortfall" of nearly 230 planes over the next 15 years.
:
: "The Department of the Navy is already trying to figure out how to buy
: fewer aircraft and save money to plow into shipbuilding" accounts, one
: congressional aide said.
:...
: "The committee is concerned that the Navy will confront a sizeable gap
: in aircraft inventory as older F/A-18A-D Hornets retire before the
: aircraft carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter is available.

If it can be gotten wrong, it seems that Mr Cobb will succeed in
getting it wrong.

:If the Navy manages to kill the JSF then the Marines will be forced into
:Super Hornets which can then be sucked into carrier ops.

1) Lots of Marines already fly Hornets.

2) The JSF the Marines need to buy as an AV-8B replacement is a
different JSF than the one the Navy needs to buy for carrier ops.

:2015: Somewhere in the Dasht-e Kavir one Marine asks another, "Where's
:my CAS?" and the response is "They're doing CAP sir."

Why do you think the Hornet is designated F/A-18, Mr Cobb?

Hint: Hornets are an attack aircraft and already drop a lot of bombs
and such.


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