On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:25:33 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
wrote:


"Brian" wrote in message
. ..

"John Carrier" wrote in message
...
The F-18E/F (which really shouldn't be called an F-18 at all ... its a
new
airplane) is "good enough" to get us to the F-35. Its new. Its
functional.
Its here. Its mediocre performance is inconsequential in the overall
scheme
of things.

It would have been nice to see what would have come from a serious look at
the Tomcat-21. Grumman offered it but I don't believe it got a serious
shake, the Navy was determined to get the F-18 E/F from what I recall.

The Navy made a well reasoned decision and they are to be commended.

depends on how you look at it, with the super bug all the navy got was
the A-7 replacement they been looking for, for the last 20 years. the
Tomcat 21/quickstrike/(F/A-14D) was a A-6 replacement. But the real
replacement for the A-6 would and should have been the F-14C of the
70's