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JSF or F18?
The Janes report is correct. The first of 12 'straight through' RN FAA pilots starts with VFA-14 on the F18E this month.
A compressed USN training /tactical weapons course on the T-45A and then the F18E/F Super Hornet OCU, included carrier qualification on a flat deck conventional carrier 'fixed wing' CATOBAR.
(The first student RN FAA pilot to do so since the 70's)
The pilots are intended to serve a full USN operational tour, as opposed to an exchange posting, and apparently is paid for by the RN directly.
'Embedds' for an embryo FAA air group for the new RN carriers?