The Chinese, who have all the plans for the plane, really really like it.
Very nice video; thanks for posting.
Info on the A-10 you might find interesting.
The F 35 is going to be missing some armament for a few years.
There was a time, when a pilot could whip out his 45 pistol and take out an enemy plane, for instance in WWII.
the a-10 had a gun that held more than 180 rounds.
The A10 was built to support ground troops. The F35 was built to provide government pork contracts.
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Based on what I’ve read on the F35 I think I would like to pull all the old A1-E “skyraiders” back into service before I let my pilots and ground troops depend on the F35.......
http://skyraider.org/skyassn/otherpics/mignard/1sos/1sos.htm
http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/air/a1e.html
My opinion...
Nice shot of the damage on the A-10 that brought my then Mayor’s daughter back to base.
Pierre is full of it and can go quietly into the wild blue yonder.
He had some good ideas, but his “not a pound for air-to-ground” F-15 has morphed into an excellent ground attack aircraft, and his lightweight day figher concept (Sprey didn’t even want it to have a radar!) has morphed into a decent all weather F-16 multirole fighter.
When it comes right down to it, his “fighter mafia” got the converstation started, but he did not get his way in the long run.