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The Air Force and Navy will only buy each other's aircraft if the politicians force them to do so. The Sea Eagle was probably not a good idea to begin with, but it certainly was doomed without a powerful backer in the Pentagon or White House.

The Story of How F-15 Eagle Almost Joined the Navy The Air Force and Navy will only buy each others aircraft if the politicians force them to do so. Key Point: Fortunately, in the end, the Air Force and the Navy got the fighters they wanted. Just not the same fighters. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a Dynamic Duo symbolized U.S. military airpower. The Air Force had its powerful F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter. But the Navy had the sophisticated swing-wing F-14 Tomcat, glamorized by the m...