Hornet shortage accelerating faster than Navy predictions
The U.S. Navy’s most recent estimated shortage of 69 F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets is getting ready to leap by about 300 percent. “The 69 minimum assumes that the Joint Strike Fighter F-35C is operational in 2015 as currently planned, that they buy them at 50 per year and that the [older] F/A-18A...
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