Good post MM.
Time has moved on and we have to look forwards not backwards. The GR9 puts the fleet back 25+ years as far as AD is concerned, its hopeless, let face the facts. As far as strike goes, then its much better. History teaches everyone that both are equally important. As of now, JFH cannot equip even one CVS for anything apart from the odd ex once a year, lets not kid ourselves any more. The so called "Naval Air Wing" can not muster more than a handful of a/c or pilots and certainly cannot provide an airgroup for a CVS. We are in a much worse state than 25 yrs ago. How we get from here to a fully worked up CVF airgroup is beyond me. Things are that bad. Our current on call strike carrier has no air group and has to borrow one from the USMC. What a state of affairs.
Discuss.