F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

[SpazSinbad]

So via the chart an F-14B/D in A/B on the catapult at 153 db is somehow overlooked? I guess we will have to guess that the db for the F-35C on the catapult in burner is the same as the F-35A in A/B? 148 db? [changed - misread the 148 for 145 earlier]

Then some Hornets are at 2 db less or same (146-148) on the log scale? Wow Dem Tomcats sure must have howled at 153 db eh. No wonder a lot of USN people are deef even today wid dose Hornetoes on the go.
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I have read a few times now that USN LSOs often do not wear ear protection because they want to hear the engines on short final (in close - at the ramp). No wonder the LSOs do not like Hornets going to burner in the wires (not recommended by NATOPS anyway unless needed for whatever reason otherwise). Going to burner with the aircraft being arrested puts extra strain on all the bits and bobs.