BEagle
We've been through this before (earlier on this thread, too) - FJH is fundamentally right. AV-8B+ / Harrier II++ would be good enough for a MEU/MAGTAF/MEB (or whatever) for the vast majority of times that the MEU/MEB/MAGTAF weren't operating against the first night of the war against late model SAMs and credible BVR shooters - for which the US would almost certainly send a CVN with F-35C / Dave-C. Dave-B is a massive waste of money as the CONOPS make no sense - scrap it now and go with Dave-C.
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