Its probably obsolete already.
I still get annoyed it’s not referred to as the F-24.
Way to utterly screw up the tri-service designation scheme.
TURKEY..?
Wow.
The flying anvil does a pirouette for the John with the dough...
The F-35 is one of the saddest stories in aviation history.
Daddy worked at the Climatic Laboratory which is at Eglin.
They could get the entire hangar down to 65 below zero and rooms large enough to hold a fighter, way colder than that. They kept parkas with wolf fur whenever they went inside the cold.
That thing must have been built in the 40s or 50s. Amazing technology for that time.
Ski Jump and training wheels
This plane is heading for the ski jump? Get back to work, F-35! Leave those ski vacations to the Kardashians! Next thing, the F-35 will be sitting in a hot tub drinking hot, buttered rum with some girls from Vermont.
before the Marines adopted the AV-8B, a Marine pilot taking a test hop in a Brit Harrier off a ramp was told: Takeoff will be uneventful, but if it is, there will be NO time for communication and you will immediately see me eject, that will be your que to take it all is no longer well...
Pukin Dog memorial ping.
For those new to FR - Pukin Dog was an ex-navy pilot who posted here and for a long time claimed inside information that the F-35 program would be cancelled, and that it would never see service with any of the branches.
Every weapon of America has been said that is does not work well. Gulf war one proved weapon used worked. I work with an F-111 pilot. He said they worked well and they said the same things about that plane.
About six weeks ago, I was sitting on the beach near NAS Pensacola when a F35 flew overhead. It definitely had a different engine signature.
About six weeks ago, I was sitting on the beach near NAS Pensacola when a F35 flew overhead. It definitely had a different engine signature.