[TWhiteBear]

Somewhere, on some distant Karmic plane, there is an F-35 program that works. Sadly,.. not here. TWB

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

You’ve got a watcher to watch the watcher, to watch the watcher, to watch the watcher ...

[GBA]

Dornier Do 335 Pfeil ("Arrow")

[yarddog]

I read several years ago that Eglin was going to be the F-35 base for training.

I still have no idea if they actually have one flying.

[mowowie]

Here is the Rajiv Chandrasekaran article.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-09/world/37579937_1_f-35-fighter-jet-budget-cuts

Crazy stuff...

[rbg81]

Before I retired, I worked at a large program office in the DC area. There would be weekly meeting where almost 300 people would show up. Were all these people necessary? Of course not. Many of them were support contractors making $100+/hour.
A lot of retired military go to work for SAIC, MITRE, IDA, and any number of Beltway bandits. In some cases, their experience is needed. In other cases, however, they’re just milking the System.

[denydenydeny]

Somewhere, Pukin Dog is smiling...

[Citizen Tom Paine]

I worked for Uncle for 30+ years. Any budget can be cut by 10 to 12 percent without damage to the program. Note: There is the Washington Monument Sysdrome. If you are going to cut the Park Services budget, the will use the cut to close the Washington Monument. Cut the high visability progrom first to show how much it hurts.