[SevenMinusOne]

The F-35 is not the answer for the USN (but it sadly appears to be what they're getting).

The F-35 is hardly even a good replacement for the USAF 16's for that matter (and certainly not for the A-10s...thankfully that has been stopped for now).

The USN would be much better off staying with the F-18F versions and going with USN version of the F-22 for their interceptor role....

[Jet Jaguar]

I know it will replace the Viper.

Why the bad press by you?

Also, I did not know about a Navy version of the F-22

Elaborate please. That is interesting.

[GBA]

We'll see if the F-35 can live up to the hype. The Navy needs lots of tankers to keep their aircraft flying, the F-35 isn't going to change that.

So...how about a navalized YF-23. I realize it'll never happen, but all that great tech is just wasting away in a desert boneyard. And, it's been done before with a Northrup design:

Northrup YF-17 => McDonnell Douglas F/A-18

And now:

Northrup YF-23 => Lockheed(??) F-23 An idea whose time has come!

Otherwise, the Navy is going to have to depend on the USAF for air superiority. Out numbered and possibly outclassed depending on who they have to deal with.

[A.A. Cunningham]

going with USN version of the F-22 for their interceptor role....

An airplane that doesn't exist.

the F-14 bobcat(sic) version

Bombcat

[newguy357]

The USN would be much better off staying with the F-18F versions and going with USN version of the F-22 for their interceptor role....

Uhh....where would this hypothetical USN f-22 take off from? Carriers five times the length of the present ones?