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Oh no, not again! Tell me it isn't so! Do you need 5 more billion dollars to fix this? Hey, the HMS Queen Mary needs her junk strike fighters to be fully operational. You don't want any of those f-35b to go off the Jump jet ramp and crash due to some fault code in your computer? Junk Strike Fighter 2.0 to be continued while at the same time the Air Force tries to ground the A-10 Warthog which has at least three hydraulic systems and one manual one backup system and can't be shot down by a 5.56, 7.62 12.7 nor a 23 mm bullet all wild that F-35 can be shot down by a 22 caliber bullet.
What a crock of crap in today's research and development. The retired Air Force General made a name for himself standardizing everything so we'll have dead Marines and soldiers as well as dead pilots on the ground because they were flying an inferior aircraft not designed for that particular purpose. Worst off, what if we ended up getting these Pilots captured by our enemy? The story never ends on this underpowered and overpriced piece of junk!
What a crock of crap in today's research and development. The retired Air Force General made a name for himself standardizing everything so we'll have dead Marines and soldiers as well as dead pilots on the ground because they were flying an inferior aircraft not designed for that particular purpose. Worst off, what if we ended up getting these Pilots captured by our enemy? The story never ends on this underpowered and overpriced piece of junk!
Is the F-35 In Trouble Again?
Posted from nationalinterest.org
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Is this deja vu all over again? Wasn't the Phantom a "joint striker fighter", a one size fits all that was supposed to save money by not developing different warplanes for each service? McNamara. He's the one who came up with that, wasn't he?
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LTC (Join to see)
It probably is true since the F-4 Phantom start off as a Navy fighter and later evolved into the Air Force fighter and wild weasel.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
We seem to never learn that one size fits all fighters just don't. Heck I spent 10 years in another, the F-111.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
LTC (Join to see) - Also some genius decided with missiles etc the F4 didn't need guns, well it did, get in too close the missiles were ineffective and couldn't lock on, the guns were needed to survive. The enemy had guns and the advantage close in . The Air Force had to add a gun pod to correct that, the Marines and Navy didn't and were still more vulnerable. No had bothered asking the people that flew these aircraft, the Operational unit Pilots. they knew they needed the guns.
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Reminds me of the B-29 whose m often fatal, teething problems were not done until well after the end of WII,
It is anzing how many people want out aircrews to got to war with antique and incapable aircraft. I guess tax cuts trump live pilots?
It is anzing how many people want out aircrews to got to war with antique and incapable aircraft. I guess tax cuts trump live pilots?
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
LTC (Join to see) - So the alternative is to send people into combat with aircraft designed in the late 60s. Using the F-35 for close air support is dumb,but that is a very small part of the missions it is required to do. The F-16 is a multi-role fighter whose mission the F-35 is destined to take, It has worked out pretty well for the last 45 years of so but that design is getting very tired.
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LTC (Join to see)
1stSgt Nelson Kerr I just say keep the F-15 but get the improved model that the Saudis and the Singapore people have and add our own secret stuff back into it. Fly those alongside the F-35. Keep the F-16 and F-18 as well. Kind of like a combined arms team.
If the F-35 can see and give the information with the global hawk to the F-15 SA, the F-15 SA can help shoot them down as well especially if they have this many missiles. I don't know about range but do they still have Phoenix missiles in the inventory? Those things can Reach Out And Touch Somebody badly. Okay, the Phoenix missiles been out of service since 2004. Is there a replacement for that?
http://amp.timeinc.net/thedrive/the-war-zone/21755/f-15sa-bristles-with-a-dozen-aim-120s-missiles-during-star-wars-canyon-run?source=dam
If the F-35 can see and give the information with the global hawk to the F-15 SA, the F-15 SA can help shoot them down as well especially if they have this many missiles. I don't know about range but do they still have Phoenix missiles in the inventory? Those things can Reach Out And Touch Somebody badly. Okay, the Phoenix missiles been out of service since 2004. Is there a replacement for that?
http://amp.timeinc.net/thedrive/the-war-zone/21755/f-15sa-bristles-with-a-dozen-aim-120s-missiles-during-star-wars-canyon-run?source=dam
F-15SA Bristles With A Dozen AIM-120 Missiles During Star Wars Canyon Run
Saudi Arabia's newest F-15 derivative shows that it can carry more air-to-air missiles than any other operational fighter.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
LTC (Join to see) - That F-15 if you will notice requires an F-22 or F-35 working with it if it is to be effective It is an arsenal ship equivalent carrying missiles for other aircraft to guide and find targets for. Also many of our F-15 would need to be rebuilt almost from scratch the youngest of the them are quite old and past well worn.
Again would you want to go into combat f driving a Sherman tank against a modern opponent. The Sherman is l closer in age to the M-1 when it was new than the F-15 is to the F-22.
Again would you want to go into combat f driving a Sherman tank against a modern opponent. The Sherman is l closer in age to the M-1 when it was new than the F-15 is to the F-22.
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