During my stint with the 'Gray Funnel Line' (immediately post HMAS Melbourne and Invincible) the 'rumour' going around was that the USN was about to offer us (the RAN) the USS Oriskany or something similiar.
Now I see the rumour is for the K'Hawk.
Gotta love those buzzes.
We need an aircraft carrier about as much as we need 100 x JSF's! I truly hope we don't buy either. I can barely stomach the backflip on the Super Hornet.