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SKYSTRYKER: thee original F14 is COMING BACK!
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05-09-2009, 10:04 PM
Gamble
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The funny thing being that the Super Hornet program wasn't all that much cheaper. The Tomcat needed a replacement, no one doubts that, but ultimately the NATF(Swing wing F-22 naval variant) that was supposed to replace it was cancelled, the cat was already expensive to operate and time consuming(especially compared with flight time), and unfortunately, politics did play a role as well. If the Navy didn't pick the Super Hornet, they would have to rely on the USAF for air superiority and the whole "you don't need aircraft carriers anymore, we have long range B-2's" argument would inevitably come up.
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