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Funny thing. Those F-35Bs fly off Navy ships. Marines have always relied on the Navy.
by greedo 7y ago
Funny thing. Those F-35Bs fly off Navy ships. Marines have always relied on the Navy.
- ceejayoz 7y agoInitially, sure, just like they rely on the ships to get them to the beach. Early priority is often to seize an airfield, though. F-35Bs can happily fly off a land field.
- goatinaboat 7y agoThey can but why sacrifice fuel and weapons capacity for a VTOL engine you don’t need in that case? Once the airfield is captured you would want to immediately swap out those B’s for A’s. They are the wrong tool for operating from an airfield.