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The third batch of AIR 6000 has already been delayed thanks to the Super Hornet. The F-35 is only one option under consideration. The idea that the USN would buy the Super Hornets after 10 years of use was always a long shot proposed by the political echelon more than the Air Force. The RAAF has a requirement for Growlers to support the F-35 from 2025-30 anyway. Add to that the utility of Growlers in counter terror and other operations and we will never let them go. The Super Hornets are also very useful as fast FAC and other supporting missions. The tanker role is not a combat role but a carrier safety role. The RAAF has no buddy buddy tanks and no plans to acquire any. Further the F-35A can be built with probe or receptacle IFR gear. The RCAF F-35As will be built with an IFR probe. Well the rest of the aircraft and the jamming pods don’t come for free. Nor to does any F-35 cost $300 million. The RAAF will be buying their F-35s at well under $100 million per unit. Even with the Growler there is no way the Super Hornet can match the F-35 for capability.
The third batch of AIR 6000 has already been delayed thanks to the Super Hornet. The F-35 is only one option under consideration. The idea that the USN would buy the Super Hornets after 10 years of use was always a long shot proposed by the political echelon more than the Air Force. The RAAF has a requirement for Growlers to support the F-35 from 2025-30 anyway. Add to that the utility of Growlers in counter terror and other operations and we will never let them go. The Super Hornets are also very useful as fast FAC and other supporting missions.
The tanker role is not a combat role but a carrier safety role. The RAAF has no buddy buddy tanks and no plans to acquire any. Further the F-35A can be built with probe or receptacle IFR gear. The RCAF F-35As will be built with an IFR probe.
Well the rest of the aircraft and the jamming pods don’t come for free. Nor to does any F-35 cost $300 million. The RAAF will be buying their F-35s at well under $100 million per unit. Even with the Growler there is no way the Super Hornet can match the F-35 for capability.
