Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum - Senators press Gates to buy more Super Hornets

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Originally Posted by hotreds (Post 169082)

Hornet= Navy; Super Hornet not outdated like early Hornet models.
F-22= Air Force- best fighter in the world.
JSF= F-35 with Air Force, Navy and Marine models. Not yet on line. F-35 Navy model to replace early legacy Hornet models. Super Hornet will continue to fly. Air Force F-35 to replace F-15, altho early 15s being retired and replaced by Strike Eagles. Marine F-35 to replace Harrier.

Thank you, that's clearer.

I think the F-35 program is amazing; one air platform that will serve , what - three, four functions, plus Great Britain's fighter needs?

What I like about the F-22 is that even though it is a fighter, it's really not a fair fighter. :D

It's so stealthy that it will detect enemy fighters, lock on and fire weapons before the other fighter even knows it's there.