Originally Posted by MSOCS
WEBF, here's a simple truth. Land based air will always be required, unless you own a carrier fleet of the size and configuration of the USN - even the WWII Pacific campaign showed the necessity of land based air power.
Absolutely - I was simply responding to the claim you sometimes hear that carrier aircraft cannot do anything (what even local tasks near the task group?) without tanker support, or that if you have HNS support for tankers you can always base your pointy jets at the same place......
George K Lee - you have an anti F-35B agenda but why? Why did it bring you to PPRuNe? By the way I read MSOCS' comments as a 9% increase in range, which is a lot clearer to the non expert who might think a 40% increase in fuel increases range by a similar amount.