User talk:Tttuuuccckkk

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Ford class plane complement

According to this, the figure is 75+. Do you have a source indicating your figure? --Hammersoft (talk) 14:33, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As I said on your page, you are correct, but I just checked the wiki for the Nimitz class, and that said 85-90 aircraft. But according to navy.mil, it says 60+ aircraft. So I'm not sure who to believe. Tttuuuccckkk (talk) 14:52, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(we can keep conversation together here) Yeah, that's a tricky thing. It will vary too based on deployment and what they're expected to do. This is why we, oddly, aren't interested in truth here. We're interested in what we can verify. See Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth. As a tertiary resource, we're dependent on secondary sources (and to some extent primary sources) for our information. If it doesn't exist at those levels, even if it is 'true', then so far as we've concerned, it doesn't exist. We might have a hundred sailors from the Ford tell us she'll be carrying 150 aircraft, but that is not a source we can use to verify the information. Even with a hundred sailors, we might not even have an accurate figure. With the new EMALS system, drone launches (even heavier drones) will become the norm. Are drones "aircraft" under this definition? I don't know. Certainly the carrier would be able to carry more drones per sq. ft. than planes. A predator is a lot smaller than an F-35, for example. So anyway, I just went with the verifiable source being the primary source of navy.mil. But, if you find another reliable source that indicates otherwise, we could possibly use it. The Navy isn't exactly forthcoming with the exact capabilities of its vessels afterall. Maybe Janes? --Hammersoft (talk) 14:58, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]