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This aircraft is going to be a huge force multiplier for naval aviation. Adding significant power and capability to Marine support, and to any of the smaller, VSTOL carriers for ourselves, or our allies.
1 posted on 10/04/2011 8:46:45 PM PDT by Jeff Head
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FYI...big news for the JSF program.


2 posted on 10/04/2011 8:47:55 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head

Thanks for posting this...good to see you in FR, but...maybe I haven’t been in the same threads!


3 posted on 10/04/2011 8:52:34 PM PDT by rlmorel (9/11: Aggression is attracted to weakness like sharks are to blood, and we were weak. We still are.)
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To: Jeff Head

+1000

It will turn our LHDs into true force projection platforms. But, I gotta say that the huge gaping barn door upper door for the lift fan is wopping.

They better be aware of it or it’ll freakin’ yank their wings off.


4 posted on 10/04/2011 8:55:45 PM PDT by JoenTX (Don't Tread on Me)
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To: Jeff Head

This is the type that Italy is the only foreign customer for? Is the US really thinking about canceling the F-35B variant?


6 posted on 10/04/2011 9:01:25 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Jeff Head

Has it done a take-off??


7 posted on 10/04/2011 9:01:49 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Jeff Head

Nice. Do they take debit cards?


9 posted on 10/04/2011 9:13:30 PM PDT by 4woodenboats (Obama.....a perfect example of why you can't trust someone that won't look you in the eye)
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To: Jeff Head

What an awesome waste of money! Kind of like the Osprey only much more expensive.


11 posted on 10/04/2011 9:23:56 PM PDT by trapped_in_LA
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To: Jeff Head
the VSTOL(sic) version of the Joint Strike Fighter

STOVL

13 posted on 10/04/2011 9:35:02 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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VERY cool video .... thanks for the link.


14 posted on 10/04/2011 9:39:22 PM PDT by Neil E. Wright (An OATH is FOREVER OathKeeper III We are EVERYWHERE)
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To: Jeff Head

WOW! Thanks for posting, Jeff.


18 posted on 10/04/2011 10:19:12 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Jeff Head

bttt


22 posted on 10/05/2011 4:43:05 AM PDT by hattend (If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. - Cameron Connor)
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To: Jeff Head

great pics and info on your site, btw


32 posted on 10/05/2011 7:56:11 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Jeff Head
Thought you might enjoy more pics. This from Flying Magazine:


48 posted on 10/06/2011 3:20:36 PM PDT by GBA (The Constitution and conservatism must win in 2012!)
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To: Jeff Head

Thanks. My SIL is an engineer on the lift fan part of the engine program. Impressive stuff.


52 posted on 10/06/2011 3:45:22 PM PDT by nascarnation
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