PK was a Navy fighter pilot that used to be on FR and always said the f35 was a clusterfluk... somewhere, he's laughing
Posted on 08/25/2016 7:44:06 PM PDT by Chode
That was my Exact thought.
This is sensitive military weapon system intelligence, and loose lips sink ships.
yup, make too many changes at once and you don’t know what’s affecting what
Agreed. Not only I, but history agrees with you!
Good one, but hey, they get there eventually with bloated service packs until the version becomes obsolete...btw, the F-35 will never replace the A-10 in the CAS role.
It is likely that every Line Replacable Unit (LRU) has a control/status processor. The prime contractor may not build anything, but just manage requirement allocation to subsystems and manage Interconnection Control Documents. Sometimes the prime contractor does not even do the integration of the final product. When there are operating systems changes it is a real nightmare to manage because it is usually not a planned event and there is no one staffed to manage all of the subcontractors. And the subcontractors are many times not funded to manage the operating system changes.
I love how “We have some challenges” has become a euphemism for “This thing is a cluster****”.
With only a few second burst we are going to loose good troops needlessly. All part of the plan I guess.
Don’t panic about the time scale:
F22 over 20 years, EF2000 over 20 years.
There’s at least another 5 years left in the bag.
Like a Guinness, good things sometimes take time. :)
The F-35 looks to fat to be a fighter : )
The F-117, in no way, was a fighter... it had NO guns.
The F-35, on the other hand, is a piece of junk with a big price tag... I would keep the F-16s (my bird when I was in the USAF) and use the F-35s for scrap... (even start up the F-22 production line again would be better.. it is the only thing that is better than either the F-15 OR the F-16).
“This is sensitive military weapon system intelligence, and loose lips sink ships”
Although I don’t think this to be the case, it could be dis-information.
100%
100%
the AF doesn’t want the CAS mission but unfortunately they don’t want anybody else to have it either...
“Testing now appears likely to be pushed back to later in 2017 or even 2018.”
An in the following year, 2019, the Chinese F-22 knock off becomes combat operational ...
Money line form the video: In not a single dogfight was the F-35 either able to defend itself against an attack from the F-16 or to convert its attack into a kill. Both planes are multi-role.
And so it was (in another test) that five F-15s could not beat a single F-22, then what chance does the F-35 junk have against an SU-27 or the upcoming J-20? All of these are air-superiority.
The Mil Brass is rapidly running out of money that could have been used for other essential programs in its headlong rush for the F-35 (and a lot of them as they will be lost by the dozen in actual combat).
somewhere, PukinDog is laughing...
I agree about the 117 - it was just called the Stealth Fighter.
I have no idea who PD is/was or why he’d be laughing or at what.
BTW, the F-35 DOESN'T EVEN LOOK MENACING!
PK was a Navy fighter pilot that used to be on FR and always said the f35 was a clusterfluk... somewhere, he's laughing
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