Originally Posted by
PhilipG
I was always under the impression that the C had the largest range, a specific advantage over the A.
Has something happened to reduce the range of the C, or are apples and pears being compared?
That's what I thought too. Not sure but I believe the A combat radius is for a USAF combat loadout and the C for a USN combat loadout, which are different. In addition, the empty weight of the C is considerably higher than the A to accommodate carrier operations. Perhaps the two together are driving the seeming disparity.