Posted on 04/01/2016 3:57:03 PM PDT by Mariner
Well, that pretty well says it all. I have said from Day 1 the F-35 Edsel will never see full production. It won't. Just my humble opinion, of course. (But I'm taking bets).
I got some decent hearsay from an Air Force source that F35 is not what it is cracked up to be.
Pretty sure I can best the F-35 with a hanglider.
I still think we should have gone with the YF-23.
Good that you brought that up, but that ship left the station in 1990.
YF-23 was a faster, stealthier plane, but the F-22 is more manuverable.
One of the big reasons cited for cancelation of the F-22 was that is it’s per hour flight cost of $40K per flight hour, pertaining to engine short overhaul schedule and the need to do frequent resurface painting of the plane in order to preserve it’s “stealth’ radar attributes.
One thing for sure, our plane inventory is dwindling while China and Russia is gaining air superiority numbers.
All part of Obola’s promised “fundamental transformation” of our nation...
RE: “I still think we should have gone with the YF-23.”
I’m aware of all the avionics upgrades, radar capabilities and even with all that the F-35 may know something is out there at 100 miles but it can’t do a damn thing about it.
Weapons wise its pathetic and has numerous problems especially in the weapons bay and air-to-air wise they carry the same weapons every other fighter carries, air to ground what’s planned for the F-35 is one thing, getting them on there is another.
F-35 is tax payer nightmare and all the money being thrown at it is just more taxpayer waste. If they scrapped it now we’d be better off.
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