yes we would, if for no other reason than a stop gap. Marines overcome and adapt. we wanted a pod that had better capabilities than the nitehawk, we went with the litening. what was the quickest way to get it into opperational service. sling it to a pylon since a dedicated adpter would have to be devoloped and evaluated. much quicker to rewire an exsisting pylon than to develope an adapter.
Now do i know the actual proccess we took to get litenings on hornets, no. but i do have a little insight into how we do business in the Marine Corps. Semper Gumbi.