Dave ..Excellent post. Very well presented. I honestly think that the
Navy will homeport a carrier in Hawaii. Some sort of arrangement for
housing the Airwing..somewhere..even Hickam AFB may be explored. I
think this {homeporting} will happen as the Chinese ratchet up their
Navy and continue the sabre rattling towards Tiawan and the rest of the
Pacific rim.

Only time will tell what will really happen.

Gerry Hamm USN/retired