By the time the Tomcat was being phased out half of the fleet was still flying A models with the old engine and old radar. One of my squadrons was decommissioned in the mid 90s and the other one rode the A model until they transitioned to F-18F’s.
30 posted on 01/13/2014 11:12:01 AM PST by USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)