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Tomcats gone by fall of 2006
This might be of some interest. Throw out all those other transition schedules
we've seen. g start DEFENSE DAILY 16 JUN 04 Tomcat Transition To Super Hornet Complete By Fall '06, Admiral Says By Lorenzo Cortes The Navy will successfully retire the remainder of its Northrop Grumman [NOC] F-14 Tomcat fleet in fall 2006 thanks to an accelerated schedule that also includes introducing Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter-bombers earlier, according to the Atlantic Fleet's air forces chief. "One of the things that we have been able to do as a result of some good production with our industry partners with the success of the multiyear with the E and F is we were able to look at and make a decision to accelerate the transition of the last of the F-14 squadrons to the F/A-18E/F," Rear Adm. Jim Zortman, commander of Naval Air Forces Atlantic, said last week during the Association of Naval Aviation's 2004 convention in Vienna, Va. "That is taking place right now, and by fall of '06, we will have made that transition. ... end MW |
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