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That wouldn't surprise me, apparently the Hornet was the first plane that didn't require a backup plane ready to go when a mission was planned, F14s and A6s certainly did. The Hornet was also the plane that got the USN on par with the USAF for flight safety; ie crashes per flight hour of whatever the measure is. The RAAF bought heaps of Hornets expecting to crash them like Mirage IIIs and F111, but only lost 4 in 33 years!Knowing you don't need 3 aircraft ready to fly a 2 plane sortie, and knowing you won't be constantly repairing planes that have had all sorts of minor crashes transform what a CVW can do. it's why the 4 sqn CVWs of today are more 'productive' than 5 sqn and multiple supporting flights of the Cold War CVWs.
That wouldn't surprise me, apparently the Hornet was the first plane that didn't require a backup plane ready to go when a mission was planned, F14s and A6s certainly did. The Hornet was also the plane that got the USN on par with the USAF for flight safety; ie crashes per flight hour of whatever the measure is. The RAAF bought heaps of Hornets expecting to crash them like Mirage IIIs and F111, but only lost 4 in 33 years!
Knowing you don't need 3 aircraft ready to fly a 2 plane sortie, and knowing you won't be constantly repairing planes that have had all sorts of minor crashes transform what a CVW can do. it's why the 4 sqn CVWs of today are more 'productive' than 5 sqn and multiple supporting flights of the Cold War CVWs.
