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To: kabar
The issue was, could they?

No, the issue was your earlier claim:

"We are flying Harriers off the JFK now. Probably part of a Marine Aircraft Wing."

Which is incorrect. Whether or not Harriers could be successfully operated from a CV or CVN was answered in '76-'77 when VMA-231 deployed aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of CVW-19 for a Med cruise.

233 posted on 05/17/2006 10:39:42 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham

I was refering to Hunter's statement that the JFK hosted VTOL aircraft. If that is incorrect, so be it. The point is that NATO can use the JFK platform with its existing VTOL aircraft. That is the issue.


234 posted on 05/17/2006 11:01:35 AM PDT by kabar
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