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Navy/USMC

Navy Officials Explain Plan To Close Fighter Gap Early

Monday, July 19th, 2021

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Navy Officials Explain Plan To Close Fighter Gap Early

Artist's impression of an F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Block III with conformal fuel tanks (top) alongside a Block II (bottom). (Image: Boeing.)

Last week Navy officials told a House panel how the service plans to close the current strike fighter shortfall years earlier than previously planned via a set of fleet structure and maintenance plan changes. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), ranking member of the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee, asked Navy officials during a hearing July 13 how the Navy is asserting it will resolve the shortfall by fiscal year 2025 when last year officials told the committee…

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