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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Navy: Extending old F-18s shrinks fighter gap

F/A-18 HornetKeeping its oldest F/A/-18 Hornets flying through 2020 is the Navy’s main weapon against a decline in fighter numbers, the service’s acting chief of air warfare told reporters Monday.

The service expects a shortfall of up to 177 jets by 2017 unless it flies its old Hornets longer, buys more F/A-18E/F Super Hornets or speeds its purchase of F-35 Lightning IIs.

With the F-35 program delayed by at least one year, the Navy is “totally focused, [airplane] bureau number by bureau number” on keeping its oldest Hornets in the air while hashing through other options as it crafts its 2012 Program Objective Memorandum, said Rear Adm. Mike Manazir during a press conference at the Pentagon.

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