Originally Posted by
KenV
You got me!!
And the pedant in me requires me to say that neither were USN operational aircraft. Only a handful were acquired by USN to provide dissimilar adversary training. But USN did indeed acquire them and they were indeed tactical aircraft.
And to be super pedant, the C-130 is considered by many to be a "tactical" aircraft. At least a tactical airlifter
Yes I know you meant tactical jets, and are talking about "managed". Indeed there are few examples of USN Navy buying USAF aircraft.
Perhaps the FJ-2 Fury is the closest (and only) Air Force jet fighter making the transition to a US Navy carrier capable jet fighter, as it was pretty much a navalized F-86E. Not to be confused with the early straight wing Fury which was Navy from the drawing board.