Originally Posted by
pvebber
The problem with decouplin airwings from their normal airwing is a big reason the Navy is going the UCAV route. Slow, stealthy, highly manueverable, long range UCAS, not a carrier based A-10 will be the "jaeger air" of the future. Helos can treat a CV as "just another airstrip" (though the Army had a huge hissy fit about going feet wet...) Other aircraft which are not designed to land on carrieres and piloted by non-carrier expereinced aviators area huge safety problem that LInd tends to overlook.