I fly out of Whidbey which, by my estimation, has an above average amount of instrument meteorlogical conditions. I fly an aircraft that is equipped with a civilian ILS and RNAV capability. I can count on one had the amount of times I've had to use it in Whidbey. I have lost training due to terminal weather exactly zero times. I have not launched to terminal weather exactly zero times. I'd prefer NAVAIR takes the money available for precision approaches and fixes OBOGS, gets NGJ sooner, or improves my warfighting ability in any metric. Just my personal opinion formed by my personal experiences.
Counterpoint - I can't even begin to count the amount of times I've lost training due to not being equipped with precision approach capability and sat on the bench while the USAF F-15s and F-16s launch. That, AND when the weather has been poor but flyable having to use a more conservative joker/bingo due to 3710 requirements and losing more opportunities to train AND for some time not being IMC TR players leading to lost training opportunities.
That breeds a lack of experience and confidence in fighting in IMC, and if you don't practice it then it may be a challenge to MAXIMIZE your capabilities while executing SAFELY.
Downside of flying from land a jet that was designed for the boat.
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