The Navy should drop out of this program. Other than the stealth, there is no single area of performance where the Super Hornet isn’t the better plane, especially in regards to the radar. The Super Bug has a longer range, higher top speed, bigger payload, and the safety of two engines. And its a hell of a lot cheaper. Let USAF destroy their own damn budget with this thing.
Other than opposing forces next-generation aircraft shooting them out of the sky... the super hornet...
The hornet's a neat plane. But should we have 30 year old designs still fighting the newer, better opponents in 10 years? 20 years?
Better check your gouge, tiger. You're wrong on several performance parameters of the Lightning II and the "Super Hornet", which can't even match the performance of the Hornet in several areas.
By the way, a clean "Super Hornet" can't break Mach 1 below 10,000 feet.