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The Marine Corps' requirement to replace the Harrier and older Hornet was more urgent than the Navy's requirement to replace their newer Super Hornet, so the Ma
by warner25 3y ago
The Marine Corps' requirement to replace the Harrier and older Hornet was more urgent than the Navy's requirement to replace their newer Super Hornet, so the Marine Corps' version of the F-35 got fielded long before the Navy's.
Also, "C" for "carrier-based" works.
- downvotetruth 3y agoIf the aircraft were to be named after their first flight date, then it would have made more sense to just name them after the year of that date: A=2006F35, B=2008F35, C=2010F35 or for -6-, -8-, & -10- whether prefixed or postfixed. But they are not and C has been deemed to having further meaning. It makes the military look dysfunctional to not have any consistency and to be careless with naming.