[freedumb2003]

Take the F-22 Light!

That should be the choice.

[freedumb2003]

JSF/F35 ping!

[El Gato]

The U.S. Navy also has shortage of fighters, primarily F/A-18C/Ds

What about all the A/B models in the bone yard? I'm sure many have been cannibalized for parts, that being their final function, but I would be really surprised if they didn't keep a goodly number in deep storage, rather than "parts aircraft".

Good enough for smoking camel (drivers). Save the later models for Iran, or other nations with more advanced vehicles.

With You Know Who in the White House, those JSFs (F-35s) might be a while in coming.

[Former War Criminal]

A couple of years ago, my wife and I went down to Beaufort, SC for an impromptu reunion for a bunch of us who served there in the 1960’s.

It was bittersweet at best.

One of the guys there was a Colonel who stayed in the Reserves and keeps up-to-date with aviation issues at HQMC. He opined that Marine aviation was on the way out. Too expensive.

I don’t agree, but I only get one vote.

I spent it on Scott Brown.

[Vroomfondel]

ping

[Daaave]

F-117N Refused.

A-12A Canceled.

F-22n Early in the ATF/NATF development, a Naval variant of the F-22 could have been developed. But wasn't.

[TXnMA]

"Robotic systems could help mitigate this risk, but the Navy has resisted adopting pilot-less aircraft."

"Top Gun" BS Syndrome... What if the carrier JSF is a flop?

Salt air must corrode away what little brains wind up in the Navy...

[magslinger]

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[tanknetter]

The naval fighter gap first appeared around 2006, when the Marines decommissioned two fighter squadrons flying F/A-18D and AV-8B, owing to unexpected fatigue issues.

Bullsh*t.

2006 was also the year that the USN retired the F-14 Tomcat. The Tomcat was supposed to stay in service until 2010, got decommissioned early because of the cost savings involved.

Initial production of the F/A-18E/F series focused too much on the 2-seater "F" variant as the Tomcat replacement. Had the Tomcat stayed in service until this year, the focus would have been on building single-seat "E" variants as replacements for about 1/3 or the F/A-18A/Cs. Those Legacy Bugs that were trapping out would then be rolled off to the Marines and Adversary (VFC-13) squadrons in a more "leisurely" manner to fly land-based for the remainder of their fatigue lives.

[Quix]

Of course the DESTROYER IN CHIEF is just gleeful . . . and dreaming of other treasonous ways to destroy our military.