[lbryce]

As the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program continues to accrue criticism over cost and schedule overruns and missed milestones,....

The accolades for the F-35 have become less emphatic.....it seems

[McGruff]

Obama's cuts leave every military branch weaker than on 9/11

[Vaquero]

Don’t expect anything till January 2017

[MinorityRepublican]

Seems like F-35 is a fiasco. It tries to be everything when it’s not.

[Bryan24]

The F-35 is a bad idea that isn’t getting better. America’s premier fighters have always been designed to do ONE thing and do it well.

The F-35 was designed to try to do about 4 things, and will end up doing none of them well.

Will end up being the most costly mistake in Pentagon procurement history.

[Chode]

somewhere, PukinDog is laughing...

[Bratch]

Why John McCain Thinks the Days of Fighter Pilots Are Over

The Senate Armed Services Committee chairman sees a drone-heavy future, but only if the military-industrial complex can be nimble enough to achieve it.

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June 17, 2015 The days of the Navy fighter pilot are almost over—or at least they should be.

That's the opinion of Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "We think that the Navy should be looking at drones to replace manned aircraft. I believe that the F-35 is the last manned fighter aircraft," he told National Journal. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said the same during a speech in April: "The F-35 should be, and almost certainly will be, the last manned strike-fighter aircraft the Department of the Navy will ever buy or fly."

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[Yo-Yo]

Any new Boeing fighers should be EA-18G Growlers.