Quote Originally Posted by ScreaminZetec
Yeah the Super Hornet is taking over, not a bad plane but will never be a Tomcat, but it is better at what the navy needs now an all around fighter/bomber and the F-18 does both very well. And from what I have heard the Phoenix will go out of service with the Tomcat. But you can't blame the Navy for retiring the missle, they cost about a million each.
yeah...that's a wee bit expensive