[BBell]

Israel improving. They always do.

[jjotto]

Israel has some some nuke-capable F15s and F16s, so certainly at least some F35s will be nuke-capable.

[PapaBear3625]

However, Israeli aircraft would have to fly through Turkey, or either Jordan and Syria and then Iraq to reach Iranian aerospace over six hundred miles away—and remember, key targets will likely be much further from the border. This also happens test the range limit of most combat-loaded fourth-generation fighters, meaning they would need conspicuous aerial tankers to make the raid viable. Furthermore, Israeli warplanes would have to disable or destroy Iranian air defenses, which would require additional time and aircraft.

Tilt-rotor tankers, taking off from cargo ships sitting in the Indian Ocean, could re-fuel F-35s taking the long route from Israel, down the Red Sea and around the Arabian peninsula.

The Corps is on track to turn the MV-22 into a refueling tanker

[Seruzawa]

Israel has a small population. Are there enough people in the country to carry out the maintenance requirements? Isn’t it like 15,000 hours per hour of flight time?

[DesertRhino]

They keep calling the F-35 a “stealth”. It has nearly double the radar cross section of an F-117. From the rear it’s way worse than that.

As for it being the ultimate nuclear bomber, that’s laughable. It has at best a 600 mile strike range, it’s slower than any interceptor out there.
Lockheed and USAF propaganda is a wondrous thing.

[DesertRhino]

The F-35 is 5 times more visible than the F-22. And worse in every imaginable way.

This aircraft is a national embarrassment and a monument to pork.

[Original Lurker]

I worked tech support for 37 years for some of Titans of the computer manufacturers.
You knew you were in deep sh!t while on the phone talking to tech specialists when in the back ground you heard people speaking Hebrew.

[Anti-Hillary]

You bet they have the ultimate weapon. And His name is Hashem - The I AM!