December 17, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Seems strange the USN are going to be using the F/A-18G Growler. The F-35 with it’s stealth, would make an awesome SEAD aircraft.
Maybe the workload for a single crew member is too high.
Even the F/A-18E/F seems like a huge wasit of time, the F/A-18C/D (and maybe the F-14A/A+/B/D) could of served on until deployment of the F-35 I would of thought. Yet the USN is maybe going to order more F/A-18E/Fs.
Looking at the specs, the only advantage the F/A-18 has over the F-35 is aerial refueling.
Am I missing something..