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>SuperTomcat canceled to fund F-22
>A-12 canceled to fund F-35
>A-6 and S-3 retired early for budget shifts to the other three services
>Don't want the F-35, have to buy a gonzo expensive naval version with like 10% compatability to the A model because Congress and God Hate You
>Don't want the Super Bug, forced to buy it because Congress and other retards think its just a legacy hornet upgrade (it's not)
>Forced to retire the excellent TA-4 as part of a shady deal between the DOD and BAE and so you get stuck with the shittiest trainer in the entire military, for the by far most demanding undergrad syllabus
>The FA-XX gets canceled so more funding can be allocated to the F-47, as its unfair the USAF only have 5, 5th gen+ airframes
You are here
>Now the bongs are retiring thier shitty land based trainer you were forced to land on aircraft carriers for initial CQ after someone welded a tailhook and AOA indicator on it, and you still have to fly it because your trainer replacement budget was also canceled and given to the USAF

At this point NAVAIR should just say fuck off, we all quit