You say 'We'. Are you a Hornet driver?
If so then you know what joint means, and you know we adapt tactics to maximize our effectiveness with the weapons systems we have.
No I am not - I'll have to go reread, must have been a typo on my part -
When it came to air superiority we used to always simply put the d*mn best aircraft into the air, piloted by the best pilots (while also encompassing the best radar, counter measures, etc) -
We did not do this with the USN - We decided to go on the cheap and try and replace the F-14 (hell the whole carrier wing) with differing F-18 models - And the F-18 models simply don't have the capabilities to do all these roles they are being tasked with - (as I said, F-14's are performing better at their SECONDARY roles than our the 18's at their primary roles in both Stan and Iraq).
I know the newer F-18F's are suppose to be a major upgrade. I hope this turns out to be the case.