The STOVL Joint Strike Fighter -- From a Harrier Skeptic

Abstract

The STOVL Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is the correct aircraft to make our 21st Commandant's vision a reality and bring the Marine Corps into the 21st century. With the benefit of technology solving some of the problems that have plagued the AV-8 Harrier in the past, the STOVL JSF will bring the Marine Corps the benefits of flexibility and forward basing, decreased reaction time, increased payload to the battlefield, while increasing the effectiveness of the "A" in the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). However, for the Marine Corps to reap all the benefits of the STOVL JSF the Navy must support the Marine Corps' STOVL decision by allowing these aircraft on their carriers and modifying both LHA and LHD class ships with a bow ramp. If the Navy fails in their support for the Marine Corps' variant of the JSF, it will still be a success, but one that will never reach its full potential.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA520417

Entities

People

  • E. W. Bligh

Organizations

  • Marine Corps War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Design
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Aviation
  • Munitions
  • Reaction Time
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • United States
  • Vertical Landings
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security