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Hi Marauder,
I think if there are no untoward surprises in the Zumwalts, the Navy will adjust their buys of the Flight III Burkes, budget allowing.
I will be touching on the A-7D vs A-10 competition a little as it is part of the story. So far from my research I would only have the strong opinion that it came down to costs and sticker shock: with the A-7D costing more than the original cost estimate by quite a bit. The A-7D was sold 'conceptually' as a cheap variation on the Navy's A-7 and such cost increases weren't expected. The AF was not prepared to sink that much budget for the number of airplanes they would get. Still researching though. I have at least a couple more thousand pages to get my hands on and/or wade through.
Oct 21, 2013, 9:55:36 PM
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