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LTC Stephen F.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the potential of Boeing’s Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet LTC (Join to see). Hopefully the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet will be a significant part of the air capability of the US Navy.
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Canada almost bought some but right now Boeing and Umbra air are saying that Canada is purposely giving subsidies to Bombardier and they're threatening to not by the fa teams that they're thinking of getting if we go through with this in the World Trade disputes. I forget the mechanism for taking legal matters concerning World Trade.
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Correction Embraer and Boeing versus is Canadian government subsidizing Bombardier in either the world court or NAFTA
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LTC Stephen C.
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Hope so, LTC (Join to see)! We need good news and a/c that perform as required.
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The F-35 is not junk and it legacy has yet to be written but know that it will have a legacy that will place it as the greatest innovation of our time. But I would also like to see a Block III Supper Hornet because it is a tried and tested carrier asset. Boeing has promised that it can integrate the Fifth Generation advancements into their platform and a fraction of the cost. Competition is always good.
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I'm referring it to junk as this as it's not reliable as it was put in the production before it was quality control since we learned in our Command and general staff officer course that President Bush overrode the procurement procedure. That's why I call it junk. For the research says that the engine is underpowered and they couldn't get it to to not crack at least years ago when pushed you a hundred 15% of power. Yes, it has revolutionary technology but it is not reliable yet and the meantime under the sequestration budget of President Obama you and other services are taking parts off your Museum planes to keep other planes flying and overall Readiness has suffered due to the black hole budget of this plane that is what I'm upset about.
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LTC (Join to see) - I think we have turned the corner on the F-35 and the USS Ford. Both were painful in the face of sequestration and other political issues but in the end provide a leap in capabilities that will ensure the US Navy's continued dominance at sea. When the USS America sails on its first deployment with 20 F-35B it will be more capable then any other nations current carrier fleet. Innovations like that and ships like the USNS Montford Point, JSHV. LCS, ect... are going to have a long term impact on how our Navy operates from the sea better than ever in our history. Well that is if our congress can do something right for a change.
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LCDR (Join to see) - I understand your pain. In the meantime, Australia and Canada have opted out of the F-35 program. Australia has the F-18 and Canada is probably going to go to the F-18 route but they're threatening to pull out because of subsidies doo doo Bombardier and Amber Air from Brazil and Boeing are calling file and so the Trudeau government are is threatening to possibly not by the interim F-18 as a threat. In the meantime Canada has patched up F-18 earlier models that need to go to the Boneyard and they still fly them anyway. Hopefully things will get better so don't be surprised if Canada has some other fighter than the F-35 are the F-18 sister going to have a contest pretty soon to pick a new replacement plane. Canada spends more on Healthcare and on global warming mitigation the 2% of their supposed to pay for their NATO defense budget so in the meantime their military keeps falling apart. They have no more destroyers since the last one was rusted out and put out of service a few months ago. It's a matter of the will of their bipartisan government that's always in gridlock.
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