[Sequoyah101]

Nice idea, hope he gets the opportunity to act on it.

A better idea though would be the F-15SE. More bang for the buck and better than the F-35.

Flame away all you stick and rudder experts, self-proclaimed and otherwise.

Still need some cuts of waste but more than than that sweeping change in how we run things and budget across the board... fat chance for that.

[Monterrosa-24]

"...More bang for the buck and better than the F-35.." _____________________________________________________ F22 has its merits. The reason it became so "over-priced" is because the original planned order #s were greatly reduced. We can't keep flying old stuff forever.

[Nowhere Man]

A better idea though would be the F-15SE. More bang for the buck and better than the F-35.

Flame away all you stick and rudder experts, self-proclaimed and otherwise.

Still need some cuts of waste but more than than that sweeping change in how we run things and budget across the board... fat chance for that.

I get into trouble with this one. I favor keeping the F-15C's through E (I'd consider bring back the old 1972/79 A model, IIRC, it could be used for ASAT warfare), F-16's of various marks and for new stock, the F-15SE. I'd like to see it bulwarked with a low-cost but effective fighter like the old F-5, I always favored the F-20, a suped up version of it. I'd maybe take the F-22 to a nice even number, 200 though.

Basically, I get into trouble for this one too, but when it comes to speed and performance, the jet fighter plateaued around 1960 or so when we reached the Mach 2 area, the differences are in avionics and stealth, I think the latter is overrated. That's why I tend to favor the F-5 with improved electronics, in which you get the F-20. We should have kept the F-14 for the Navy.

The F-35 screams junk to me and the F-22 for some reason seems overrated for its cost. It's like buying a car, we have money problems and unless we cut drastically somewhere, we might have to buy the Chevy instead of the Cadillac. We need to supply the military with the best we can afford but we also have to remember that we only have so much money and we need to stick closer to more established, off the shelf equipment proven to work. We have to face reality.