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The F-35C vs. the F/A Advanced Super Hornet and the Future of Carrier Aircraft

  • February 2, 2017
  • Alex Lockie
  • Business Insider

Most likely, the Navy will look to strike the perfect balance between the two airframes, combining the stealth and sensors of the F-35Cs with the raw numbers and power of Advanced Super Hornets. “We’re going to use the F-35 more as an enabler and a strike lead and as a command and control platform than as a fighter platform on its own,” Bryan Clark, naval analyst Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, told USNI News.

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