Originally Posted by
ORAC
I suppose they could use the few F-35Cs they’ve bought as replacements for their
aggressor Sqns....
The question is what happens to the planned USMC F-35C squadrons (not B). The USN buy their aircraft, will they press on with a stand-alone force where the USMC will be the sole customer, or switch some of those to new Super Hornets as well?
That's a bit of an extension to make, based on the veracity of wiki.
Binning the only system available to a CVW that can do day 1 strike is a far from logical decision given the near universal agreement that we're now back in peer on peer threats.
Retiring classic bugs is a logical step from both airframe and range perspectives. That's a long way from canning F35C no matter how many people would love to see
anything from F35 canned.