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Originally Posted by worth
I agree with you guys. The only saving grace that would force the government to make a decision is 18 fighters does not make a fleet. I'm sure these suepr hornets will be in service a long time, why wouldn't they be? But 18 planes once the CF-18's are retires are not going to cover our responsibilities NATO and NORAD responsibilities, so they will have to commit buy more planes at some point in time.
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I suppose you're right.
But still...five years! There's no reason to take that long, aside from it being conveniently past this government's expiration date.
It basically guarantees that we won't have a new fighter (whatever it ends up being) in service until 2050. We'll limp along with our 18 Super Hornets, and whatever is left of the old CF-18's, until they start falling out of the sky.
This so-called "capability gap" is only going to get bigger if you only have a fleet of 18 working aircraft.