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Looks like the need for more than single seat fighters is becoming an
issue again. From the April Seapower: http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/apr_04_16.php "Boeing's Ted Herman, business development manager for the F-18 program, told Sea Power the Super Hornet tanker helps "extend the legs" of the strike aircraft and does not compromise on aerodynamic performance. But the Navy is not entirely content with the Super Hornet as a tanker. While converted to refuel, the jet is not carrying weapons for strike missions. Fitzgerald said the Navy would consider a replacement for its C-2 logistics aircraft that may offer refueling capability. The C-2 replacement would either be the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor or the next model C-2. The Navy begins to retire the current fleet of C-2s in 2014. "We are thinking about whether we just have C-2 replacement planes for logistics, or whether we should buy some more that would be available for recovery refueling," Fitzgerald said." Instead of a C-2ish aircraft, I would suggest a modern analogue to what was arguably the most sucessful "CSA" the Navy produced: http://www.a3skywarrior.com/featurep...Det1_NG616.jpg And this "CSA" could carry up to 12,500 lbs of ordnance internally and had an *unrefueled* combat range of better than a 1000nm. Fifty years later there is gushing praise for 4000 lbs and 600 nm. http://www.a3skywarrior.com/cogdell/drop.jpg |
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