The 35 is really an awesome plane. The problem is Unions and committee decisions are killing it. As a pure piece of tech, it’s great.
>>The 35 is really an awesome plane. The problem is Unions and committee decisions are killing it. As a pure piece of tech, it’s great.<<
It was... it was... :(
The current F35 exemplifies the definition of a camel as a mouse built to government specifications.
Can you imagine the result if the F15, A10 or ST71 had committees and agendas running roughshod on them? None would have had the mastery of their respective spaces (and I shiver to think the still-best MRFs F/16 and (S)F/18 would have ended up.
We lost our way. The killing of the F-117 is the best example of just how bad it has become.