U.S. Navy Limited In Its Choices For A Fighter Jet

[Photo: A US Navy (USN) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115), Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California (CA), launches from catapult three during flight operations on board the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. US Navy via Wikipedia.]

Defining The Super Hornet For The Carrier Air Wing Isn’t Hard… -- ELP Defense Blog

Nor is it all that appealing, however the Navy is out of options for populating the carrier air wing with fresh jets.

The U.S., and specifically the U.S. Navy has lost a chance to put an affordable stealth fighter on the carrier deck. The F-35 for the carrier air wing is done. Finished. There is not enough money to go around and the big anchor around the neck of the carrier air wing roadmap is not only its community’s poor foresight, but the tyranny of poor ship building management.

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My Comment: I have always been a fan of ELP Defense Blog. But reading posts like this one makes me mad because I want more .... but I can only assume that Eric Palmer is like me .... we are limited by time and energy to blog and do more.

This post is a must read, and his analysis of impending US budget disasters and its impact on the arm forces is one that I have also been touting for a long time .... a point that has unfortunately not been properly analyzed nor discussed in the blogosphere or main stream media sources.

On a side note, it appears that the US Navy is on same wavelength as ELP ... focusing some its fighter jet future on the F-18E .... even with their aging problems.