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To play the devils advocate for Franklin, as times goes on the PLAN will need to have more flyable units in order to maintain the competence of the existing naval pilots along side withe the training of the new ones. Skills after all do degrade with time if not put into use, and a single unit can only withstand that much continuous use before it breaks down.
 

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What is the point of a new carrier if they are not building any new planes ?

Exactly, relating this to the Ford, I've said many times the without the F-35C the Ford is just "the love boat"! the whole and sole purpose of an aircraft carrier is to operate aircraft, an Air Force larger than the Air Forces of many countries!
 

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To play the devils advocate for Franklin, as times goes on the PLAN will need to have more flyable units in order to maintain the competence of the existing naval pilots along side withe the training of the new ones. Skills after all do degrade with time if not put into use, and a single unit can only withstand that much continuous use before it breaks down.

That's right, and I'm afraid the USN's frenetic pace is sometimes way to much?? there's a "happy place" for peacetime carrier operations!
 
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