Thanks to Robert for the link!
Check out the whole video but if you're in a hurry start at the 9:02 mark. Now take a gander at the pic below...
Like CoffeJoe said. What if the Marine Corps did away entirely with fast jets and instead worked on a tilt rotor force only. No deep battle. No interdiction. No fleet defense. That would fall to the Navy.
Where would we be today?
We'd probably have a CL-84 sized airplane that performed both utility and attack tasks. We wouldn't have the capability gap of having the MV-22 that's too fast for the AH-1Z to escort but too slow for the Harrier and F-35.
We'd have a properly balanced and possibly more capable Marine Air-Ground Team....What if....
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