Number of aircraft in USN and USMC?

[Squid]

Little point of contention the US flies the F/A-18A/B/C/D/E/F not the F-18. Finland and Switzerland fly the F-18C/D which lack the avionics to make it a proper ground attack aircraft, although the Swiss did later on retrofit their birds, but kept the designation.

Well on those stats I know at LEAST 2 F-18B's that the Marines own. I've flown one of them and some things are archaic coming from T-45C's. I mean c'mmon scrolling gauges?!?!? I keed I keed.

Also, I can't recall too many people referring to the hornet as "F/A" anything. Brevity dictates "F-18" from the little experience I have.

 

[raptor10]

Well on those stats I know at LEAST 2 F-18B's that the Marines own. I've flown one of them and some things are archaic coming from T-45C's. I mean c'mmon scrolling gauges?!?!? I keed I keed.

Also, I can't recall too many people referring to the hornet as "F/A" anything. Brevity dictates "F-18" from the little experience I have.

Yeah, that was more of an attempt to espouse some knowledges that I got about the Bug from a former commodore, he also hates it when you refer to the G as the growler, dunno why...

 

[Brett327]

dunno why...

A sense of style and good character perhaps? Here's the new "official" patch.

Brett

 

[Huggy Bear]

Little point of contention the US flies the F/A-18A/B/C/D/E/F not the F-18. Finland and Switzerland fly the F-18C/D which lack the avionics to make it a proper ground attack aircraft, although the Swiss did later on retrofit their birds, but kept the designation.

Actually... at least according to the XO who green inked my many PAO articles many years ago, the slash from F/A-18 has been officially dropped. It should just be FA-18 now. Personally, I think the whole convention of putting F and A in the name is stupid. I understand why they did it back in the 70's and 80's when they were selling the hornet as the jack of all trades, but I think we can safely call it just the F-18 now.

 

[Fly Navy]

Actually... at least according to the XO who green inked my many PAO articles many years ago, the slash from F/A-18 has been officially dropped. It should just be FA-18 now. Personally, I think the whole convention of putting F and A in the name is stupid. I understand why they did it back in the 70's and 80's when they were selling the hornet as the jack of all trades, but I think we can safely call it just the F-18 now.

I agree... and everyone else calls it the F-18 regardless. The F-4 was essentially multi-role (though not designed that way)... we didn't rename it F/A-4. Hell, the F-14 became multi-role.

 

[skidkid]

but I think we can safely call it just the F-18 now.

This must be why it is so hard to schedule CAS sometimes, they are too busy Fing "F"ing.

End rant

 

[USMC Helo Bubba]

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Little point of contention the US flies the F/A-18A/B/C/D/E/F not the F-18. Finland and Switzerland fly the F-18C/D which lack the avionics to make it a proper ground attack aircraft, although the Swiss did later on retrofit their birds, but kept the designation.