Posted on 04/29/2016 9:59:04 AM PDT by maddog55
I blame Congress for not holding the developers of the F-35 accountable.
=====Congress to Air Force: You Can't Retire the A-10 Until the F-35 Proves It's BetterLegislators want proof the F-35 can take over the aging tank-killer's job
Congress threw down the gauntlet at the Air Force on Monday, introducing legislation to mandate keeping the A-10 Thunderbolt IIaffectionately known as the Warthogin service until the service can prove the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can take over its job................
=====Pentagon to test F-35 against A-10 in 'common sense' war scenario showdown
WASHINGTON A showdown might soon settle one of the U.S. militarys biggest air power controversies. The high-tech and expensive F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will face off in upcoming testing with the Air Forces aging close-air-support stalwart, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the director of the Defense Department operational test and evaluation office said Tuesday.
The battlefield comparison makes common sense and will pit the two airframes against each other in a variety of war scenarios this year, Michael Gilmore said during Senate testimony. ...........
=====Only One of Six Air Force F-35s Could Actually Take Off During Testing
Software glitches continue to dog the nations newest fighter jet.Five of six Air Force F-35 fighter jets were unable to take off during a recent exercise due to software bugs that continue to hamstring the worlds most sophisticatedand most expensivewarplane.
During a mock deployment at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, just one of the $100 million Lockheed Martin F-35s was able to boot its software successfully and get itself airborne during an exercise designed to test the readiness of the F-35, FlightGlobal reports. Nonetheless, the Air Force plans to declare its F-35s combat-ready later this year.
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