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http://www.militarytimes.com/story/defense/air-space/2015/07/31/f35-operational-marine-corps-joint-strike-fighter/30937689/
Looks like the F-35 has finally made it to some form of operational status. It is still missing a large chunk of its promised capability (which will be available in ~2 years) but what do you think about having reached this milestone?
Looks like the F-35 has finally made it to some form of operational status. It is still missing a large chunk of its promised capability (which will be available in ~2 years) but what do you think about having reached this milestone?
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Posted 9 y ago
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I believe it's a good this to finally see the F-35 going operational. It should be an interesting time for the program seeing a number of the aircraft in battle scenarios and day to day operation. It will however find the bugs that the crews and pilots seem to find, look forward to periods of the aircraft being downed for maintenance related investigation but it should help progress the development of the other F-35 variants. The Marines deserve a technologically advanced replacement for the Harrier with all the capabilities to ensure adequate and reliable reinforcement to the guys on the ground. I say congrats and good luck!
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I am concerned about it's inability to win a dog fight against older fighters. I would imagine potential enemies might want to exploit that weakness.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
In another thread it was mentioned that if it came down to dogfighting, the F35 pilot had already made A LOT of bad decisions.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
My brilliance knows no boundaries. We can emplace the F-35s on mountain tops and turn them into $200,000,0000 rocket launchers 200 miles away from the enemy aircraft. After the threat is gone, the F-35s will have air superiority.
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