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You may see that you come to way too many variables to cover when you
are dealing with all possible scenarios. What war are you planning to
fight. In Iraq and Afghanistan right now old retired A-4's, A-6's, and
F-4's configured with advanced targeting pods could do just as good as
anything else including the JSF - but the "why" is heavily dependent
upon the fact that there are not sufficient threats (yet) showing up
that would hurt them or any other TACAIR asset that flies and operates
on mission above 5000 feet. Move over into Iran and with the SA-20 and
SA-15's things would change.

Back in the original invasion in 2003, there were reports of AV-8Bs
operating out of soccer stadiums. STOVL gives you a complete extra
dimension to your operations, proven time and time again.

--
John