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Old December 29th 03, 06:10 PM
Fred J. McCall
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Scott Ferrin wrote:

:Funny that the Navy intends to keep a mix of F-35C and F/A-18E/F then,
:wouldn't you say? Particularly with the Super Hornet in the 'heavy
:lift strike' and 'tanker' roles.
:
:The Super Hornet is in production right now which means the airframe
:have low flight hours or no flight hours on them. Tankers really
:don't require anything ground breaking and the Super Hornets wouldn't
:be used in a "first day of combat" role as an attack aircraft against
:a competent adversary. Once the F-35 is in service the Super Hornet
:will be pretty much second-string.

Frankly, I'm not holding my breath on this one.

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