
quicksilver wrote:Corsair1963 wrote:Actually, the F-35C buy is going exactly to schedule. As production is ramping up to 20+ per year over the next couple of years. This will allow the USN to replace two Squadrons per CVW per Year. Then by time that happens the Super Hornets currently undergoing SLEP will start to retire...
So, what's the issue???
"Actually, the F-35C buy is going exactly to schedule."
Exactly which schedule would that be? The Navy has moved F-35Cs to the right almost every year for the last 10 years (I havent seen the most recent outlook).
Production of the F-35C will increase to at least 24 per year from 2021 onward....Which, is enough for 2 Squadrons per year or one Air Wing (CVW). I would also add the US Congress has a Bad Habit of giving the services more than they request each year. So, don't be surprised if that number goes up.......
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US Navy wants more sailors, jets and an extra ship in 2019
By: David B. Larter
February 12, 2018
The Navy’s buying strategy for the F-35C picks up in 2020 with 16 slated for purchase and then 24 every year from 2021 through 2023 for a total of 97 in the FYDP.
https://www.defensenews.com/smr/federal ... p-in-2019/