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The F/A-XX... So last week, I went to the local Barnes & Noble bookstore and was reading an aerospace magazine when I saw that the U.S. Navy is planning to replace its long-standing fleet of F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets. Overlooking the fact that the U.S. military still doesn't know what's causing the oxygen-generating problems that temporarily grounded all of its F-22 Raptors two years ago (thus preventing the aircraft from seeing any actual combat yet), and is still in the midst—and difficulty—of developing the F-35 Lightning II (a.k.a. the Joint Strike Fighter), the Pentagon apparently wants to procure another aircraft that would allow the F/A-18 and EA-18G Growlers to be retired from the naval arsenal sometime in the 2030s. By then, I assume that the F-22 finally gave American taxpayers their money's worth by dropping a couple of satellite-guided smart bombs on Syrian targets or shooting down a wayward North Korean MiG flying over the Sea of Japan... Or am I instigating?


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