[arthurus]

Well, yeah. Drop the 35. It appears to be on the way to achieving white elephant status. It is billed as a jack of all trades and is apparently not excellent in any.

[dp0622]

That’s a zillion dollars down the tube. Who’s in charge of this stuff?

[Crazieman]

Drop the 35. Keep the 16. Keep the A-10. Build more 22s.

[W.]

Yep, by the time they get the 35 squared away, it won’t be obsolete, it’ll be eclipsed. But, that’s what we get designing [anything] by committee.

[Mastador1]

Well, yeah. Drop the 35. It appears to be on the way to achieving white elephant status. It is billed as a jack of all trades and is apparently not excellent in any.

Whats that old saying? Jack of all trades, master of none, I believe they have successfully demonstrated the saying.

[freedumb2003]

>>Well, yeah. Drop the 35.<<

Freaking flying anvil.

[cherokee1]

Not only not excellent but doesn’t have range, giving up range for power, and it simply ain’t as tough and can’t do what the Warthog can do in ground attack missions. What we need are updated F-16’s and updated, new A-10’s. There will be a need for a robust ground attack plane for at least the next couple decades——until the ME gets cleaned up at least. The F-35 is a money pit-—too freekin expensive to be usable. Nobody will want to take a chance on losing one.