I understand that Australia bought the F/A 18 E/F’s as a stop gap while waiting for the F35’s…..they are still discussing Growlers as far as I knew…..as well, I believe that the RAAF has NO Plans to “get rid” of their F/A 18’s, but will utilize them in CONJUNCTION with their F35’s, once they are recieved and active…..the Idea being that they will retain the Multi Airframe TYPE capability they had with their F 111’s and Legacy F 18’s…

The US NAVY has NO immediate replacement for the F/A 18 E, F’s or the Growlers. There seems to be NO plans to get rid of these any time soon…so what “successor” does the US Navy have on “Order” for them?…….from all the reading I did, it seems like the ONLY F 18’s going out are the Legacy F18 C, D’s….that ALL the current F/A 1b E, F Squadrons are staying as such and the US Navy is looking at adding further Squadrons of the “G” Growlers, some 22 of them….

Can you elaborate on your statements?….I may have missed something …