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CBO Report on Super Hornet Availability

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"Super Hornets Have Aged More Adversely Than Their Predecessors"



b2 comment, have previously seen commentated that the Navy badly conceived decision to scrap its dedicated tankers on the alter of the savings to be gained by fleet commonality, with the SH forced to take on the tanker role which it was not designed for, did see one a claim that ~30% of all SH flight ops were as a tanker and as said the heavy lifting degraded SH fatigue life quickly, costing the Navy in $billions in necessary re-work and Congress criticism in shortage of numbers.


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