Originally Posted by
Grumble
Agreed. Hard to convince the boat (handler) to buy in though. Self imposed limitations.
As far as STOVL, I would submit that it's needed for the MEU capabilitiy and that's been proven time and again. Afghanistan is a different animal in that being so far inland everyone is looking at the capability as something we could cut. What will the next conflict need though, and can we afford it in the form of the F-35B?
I don't disagree, but Marine aviation sold themselves out on the B, and as Whisper so eloquently outlined in the article I posted above, lost out when they failed to realize they needed to buy the F model Superhornet..certainly a different discussion altogether.