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To: tet68

“Seems like the Marines would want them.”

All they need are some tailhooks.


6 posted on 03/03/2015 7:09:09 AM PST by paterfamilias
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To: paterfamilias
“Seems like the Marines would want them.”
All they need are some tailhooks.

And a new airframe built to handle the forces imposed by an aircraft carrier catapault assisted take off and landing with the wire arresting system.

That's why Navy and Marine carrier based aircraft are significantly heavier than their Air Force counterparts.


22 posted on 03/03/2015 7:31:23 AM PST by Iron Munro (Mark Steyn: "fundamentally transformed" is a euphemism for "wrecked beyond repair.")
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