[sukhoi-30mki]

[ganeemead]

Anybody interested in the trillion-plus dollar F35 program probably needs to see this. Try to imagine what somebody could do if they ever spent a trillion dollars intelligently...

[grobdriver]

For the first time in history, the F-35B took off from a ship with a full-load of weapons.

And the first thing he did was to hit a tanker.

[tomkat]

Uhmmm .. airspeed's gonna take a hit with those hatches open   ;-)

[MAGA2017]

I suspect the Chinese have all the technical specs on the F-35. They may even have the ability to shut them down with a push of a button during a conflict so I’m not exactly reassured.

[batterycommander]

Of course, the speed of the ship into the wind is an important component required for takeoff.

[PLMerite]

So is it actually taking off or just sitting there bouncing up and down on the front shocks like a low-rider?

[diogenes ghost]

The original Joint Strike Fighter concept came in 1978 from Arthur Carlson, station manager at WKRP in Cincinnati.

Scale models were deployed over a local test site, with less than desirable results. Nearly 40 years of development has managed marginal improvements in flight characteristics.

[Chode]

ya dont need stealth to be a bombtruck