Analyst: F-35C to Cost $337 Million Apiece in FY15

DOD Buzz ^

[ClaytonP]

The F-22 was cancelled for costing $150 million/each

[NormsRevenge]

3 for a billion.. crash and carry

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Navy would be better off buying more FA-18s.

[nascarnation]

My SIL is an engineer on the VTOL fan.
He makes good money.... ;-)

[NormsRevenge]

I was always partial to Phantoms F4-Bs

[Cry if I Wanna]

There won't be many more fighters that will require a pilot. I know that sounds sacrilegious to all the flyboys out there, but that day is coming.

[Mariner]

"The F-22 was cancelled for costing $150 million/each "

Yep.

I have always been an advocate for putting up another couple hundred Raptors...another 300 BRAND NEW/UPDATED F-15c and probably 500 or so of the newest F-16.

Augmented by a few thousand combat drones controlled by the manned aircraft via local links.

MUCH MUCH cheaper and very likely far more effective.

[DJ Taylor]

The Designer Of The F-16 Explains Just How Stupid The F-35 Is.

Pretty alarming interview from a guy who certainly sounds like he knows what he is talking about.

http://digg.com/video/the-designer-of-the-f-15-explains-just-how-inanely-stupid-the-f-35-is

[Mariner]

" I know that sounds sacrilegious to all the flyboys out there, but that day is coming. "

I usta drink with a guy who ran the training program for the Raptor. He was adamant (I didn't believe him at the time) that the F35 would be the LAST manned aircraft purchased by DOD. There were strategic thinkers even then that wanted that distinction to fall on the Raptor.

[SeeSharp]

Exactly what was this plane supposed to do that the F-22 doesn’t do? I forget.

[NormsRevenge]

Obsolete..? still mess up a tent party at the al qaeda inn..

[smokingfrog]

Those were junk compared to the F-86 Sabrejet.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The F-4 is proof that a brick will fly if you put an engine big enough. (snicker)

[yarddog]

I have read more than once that the F-15 is the most successful fighter ever.

[TexasGunLover]

Land on carriers, replace harriers, attack ground targets, and be supplied to allies.

[ClaytonP]

Thanks for that link.

[Flick Lives]

Cost more?

[NormsRevenge]

lolol.. 2 engines and it made a lot of noise.. and smoked like the dickens..

[yarddog]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..They were flying these cool X-wing fighters.