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Originally Posted by tycho102
The TAR's have been shutting down for a decades. They are phasing out most of the TAR program because they need deployable squadrons. Most are coalesing into the training squadrons. I think this is because the Navy is going to be a 3-bird company before too much longer. The j35, the f18, and some kind of jammer -- ea6b for now. E2's and mail/COD, but they are a contingent.
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J35? The Navy is operating the Saab Draken?
(Just kidding, I know what you meant!)
And the Navy is going to be phasing out the EA-6B in favor of the
EF-18G Growler,(what an original name...
) a variant of the Super Hornet. I have to disagree with the Navy on their choice to get rid of most of the Reserve VFA's, reserves never seem to be valued much, until you really need them, and the Naval Reserve has some of the best pilots in the Navy. Not really much of a surprise figuring most of them are LCDR and above.