Posted on May 5, 2017
Here’s why the F 35 once lost to F 16s, and how it made a stunning comeback
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Fact is not all our jets have to be dog fighters. They spend little to none of their time doing that. What we need is an aircraft that can get in and out of the target location without being detected.
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I'm glad they're finally pitting it against the F-16, which the platform this bird was supposed to replace all along. I swear I'll never knew where that whole crap about the F-35 replacing the A-10 initiated, but whomever that was, needs to get knocked down a few grades. Too much tech on this bird to be an effective CAS frame. It's a stealthy insertion frame, but not one that can take the hits the A-10 can.
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It is definitely not made like the A-10 but it will be in the CAS role especially the B that is replacing the Harrier. In that role in the last red flag is where it showed it real worth. Now it will never have the load capacity of the A-10 but with more precision munitions and the ability to penetrate defense undetected it will have a higher sortie rate and mission success rate.
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LCDR (Join to see) - definitely a different type of CAS, though I think that many of the ground-pounders still appreciate the low and slow mowing down of the opposition :)
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