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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
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Originally Posted by PeriscopeDepth
It was an excellent strike fighter as well.
PD
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That was simply to garner a couple years out of congress! Maybe I shouldn't laugh, but to tell you the truth, it was a payload problem more than anything.
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To what? Keep a hard to maintain strike fighter flying? There was a huge capability gap (and still is with SH's range, and will be) with the Hornet I's abysmal range and the Tomcat was NEEDED with no A-6 to fill it. Not to mention it would have trouble cutting off a Citation, let alone a fighter (by which I mean the SH). By payload problem you mean...? Any sort of weapons compatibility was not the problem of the Tomcat, but the problem of funding. Which was understandably short when the Super Dooper Hornet was to replace it in the near future.
PD
PS We argue about the Tomcat a lot it seems. :P