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Use a A-6 or A-7 and you don't need the tanker! Hell they could be the tanker!
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Good point TLAM strike! In my opinion the best possible solution to the Navy's needs would've been the advanced F-14 and the A-6F, which would have had digital avionics and GE F404 turbofans, the same kind as in the F-18, which would have given the A-6 even more range and payload. Too bad both programs were cancelled by Dick "five deferments" Cheney while he was SecDef. Dick also cancelled the A-12, pretty much dooming the Navy to the Super Hornet. The advanced F-14 and A-6F would provide vastly superior capability to the F-18C/E/F that we're stuck with now, and probably at a much lower cost. Thanks alot Dick.