Re: More Fighter questions

In a message dated 7/8/99 5:59:20 PM Central Daylight Time, 
john_t_leary@pronetusa.net writes:

<< 
 However, the problem is one of divergent views;
 one group thinks of packing cases with fighters
 inside and the other thinks of fighters in an
 area off the main hanger deck/bay.   The fighters
 in the 'storage area' are fully flightworthy and
 only need to be armed and positioned for launch.
  >>

Generaly speaking a carrier does not have replacement aircraft aboard -
they 
want the space taken up with fighters they can launch NOW. A fighter in
the 
cargo hold is one crated for cargo storage, not flight operations, ask a

Carrier crewman alive today.