I am philosophically opposed to multi-mission weapons. I believe they tend to suck in multiple ways.
If you want a close support aircraft, build a close support aircraft. That’s what we did with the A-10. It has been fantastic for 40 years. The Air Force has hated it for 40 years.
If you want an air superiority aircraft, build an air superiority aircraft. That’s what we did with the F-22. It was fantastic. So the Air Force killed it.
The F-35 has been bad from Day One. So the Air Force is desperate to keep it at all costs. Hey ... it’s multi-mission!
Absolutely agree!!!
I have never been able to figure that out. Why do the very people who look like heroes flying the A-10 hate it so much? The public loves it. Our enemies fear it. It works like a magic death cloud. It's durable as all hell. And it's relatively cheap. What's not to like?
the perfect plane for bureaucrats. a multi pourpose plane seems good to bean counters but when youn try to do everything all you do is do it poorly.
“The F-35 has been bad from Day One. So the Air Force is desperate to keep it at all costs. Hey ... it’s multi-mission!”
The F-35 is the best deep interdiction and light attack aircraft in the world, and will be for decades.
Don’t measure it by any other standard.
Want to take out all the air defense installations and airfields near Pyongyang? No problem.
The F-35 will pave the way for B-52’s and B-1B’s.