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The U.S. Air Force Just Admitted The F-35 Stealth Fighter Has Failed
Forbes ^ | Feb 23, 2021,08:00am EST | David Axe

Posted on 02/25/2021 4:07:10 PM PST by maddog55

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To: maddog55

We can’t afford the affordable replacements for the F16 which was hated by the Pentagon because John Boyd designed it to be an affordable stripped down high performance fighter. Turns out it is still affordable and still high performance.


61 posted on 02/25/2021 5:12:03 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: mrsmith

I wonder how much the DOD will be paying Starlink. I see so much capability.


62 posted on 02/25/2021 5:13:20 PM PST by wgmalabama (Tag line for rent. )
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To: Secret Agent Man

I think this is more Forbes admitting they don’t know what an F-35 is.

It’s an Fighter in the sense of it’s ancestor the F-105. It is more of a deep penetration strike aircraft. Where the 105 used terrain following the 35 uses stealth. They are polar opposites of the F16, designed as a fighter in it’s purest form. Load an F-16 down with fuel and munitions it would need to fly a F-35’s mission and see which one is a dog.

But.....by all means....what can we build to fill the niche of the early F16?


63 posted on 02/25/2021 5:14:45 PM PST by Dead Dog
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To: maddog55

Looking forward to buying one when they hit eBay


64 posted on 02/25/2021 5:19:21 PM PST by MountainWalker
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To: volunbeer; ClearCase_guy
"if the dam burst unleashing the reservoir it will kill a few million people"

Initially, it would likely kill 10's of millions, perhaps even hundreds of millions.

There are some 400 million living in the path of a potential flood.

The estimates on the massive size and speed of the resulting "tsumani" are incredible (simulation at link).

Of course, food sources/supplies to China would be seriously impacted. Production of just about everything else would be affected as well - 15% of the world’s manufacturing would stop.

65 posted on 02/25/2021 5:20:13 PM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: maddog55

Hahahaha...

Anything they design now will end up costing more than the F-35. It’s the nature of the beast.

Best thing they could do is buy another batch of F-16s. But they won’t do that.


66 posted on 02/25/2021 5:20:20 PM PST by Kommodor (Solzhenitsyn was an optimist...)
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To: Jonty30

Probably, just out of the fact of the sheer volume of them that will exist and need regular and routine maintenance and overhauls.

But i already thought they have a 6th gen fighter design in prototype phase


67 posted on 02/25/2021 5:21:34 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: maddog55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxDSiwqM2nw


68 posted on 02/25/2021 5:21:41 PM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: maddog55

We would hear the truth from an F35 pilot, but the article doen’t have a single quote from one. Instead, the article gives us the opinions oh a reporter and a program manager.


69 posted on 02/25/2021 5:22:46 PM PST by PUGACHEV ( Ins’t coming out of their pri)
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To: maddog55

I’ve got the perfect solution. Create a new fighter. That doesn’t have a pilot. And let the Army have it instead of the Air Force.


70 posted on 02/25/2021 5:23:00 PM PST by PAR35
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To: kaehurowing

And we need to design them a new plane.


71 posted on 02/25/2021 5:28:37 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (It's a lie. It's all lies. Use every opportunity to poison their data. )
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To: oldenuff35

You know better than I, God Bless the US Air Force, God Bless America!


72 posted on 02/25/2021 5:31:29 PM PST by Shady (Rest in Peace, Rush, and thank you... )
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To: maddog55
somewhere, PukinDog is laughing...
73 posted on 02/25/2021 5:31:32 PM PST by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: kaehurowing

Yep.


74 posted on 02/25/2021 5:41:38 PM PST by sauropod (#ImpeachMcConnell. #Resist. #NotMyPresident.)
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To: maddog55

The only thing that can replace the F-16 is another F-16. Sadly I watched Lockheed tearing out all the machine tools that made the airframe parts in the winter of 2006, while ramrodding an equipment installation at FW for the F-35. So we’ll have to start over.

Having been that close to the F-35 program, I’m another guy who thinks that the popular press sells it short. Maybe that’s to the good. Sun Tzu said never to show your enemy your true capabilities.

But more likely it’s just Pentagon Budget Politics.


75 posted on 02/25/2021 5:42:47 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (Eleutheromaniac)
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To: maddog55

USAF can’t even field an advanced trainer to replace the 60 year-old T-38 in less than a decade.

They can’t even organize a piss up in a pub.


76 posted on 02/25/2021 5:43:17 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (I have a burning hatred of anyone who would vote for a demented, pedophile, crook and a commie whore)
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To: Born to Conserve

You’re right. In a shooting war with the Chinese, it’ll be our missiles from subs against their missiles. Our surface navy, particularly our carriers, will be far away from danger after the first ship hits the bottom of the Pacific. Anybody who still believes that their anti-ship missiles aren’t good enough is kidding themselves.


77 posted on 02/25/2021 5:46:15 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: jz638

tooo funny...


78 posted on 02/25/2021 5:47:56 PM PST by Chode (Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
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To: mrsmith
A UAV is a device that isn’t limited by a pilot’s ability to withstand G-forces. They’re great anti-attack-fighter weapons. Like smart anti-aircraft missiles

They are limited by their fuel requirement though which is why I believe they should be dropped into an area we want “air superiority” at a high altitude by a B-52 (or maybe the C-130).
And controlled by stealth jets to limit delay- or by “pilots” in a safe airspace.

There are a hundred different ways to interfere with broadcasts to UAVs. There is a reason why first-world militaries don't deploy them against other first-world militaries. Absent independent AI that doesn't need to phone home (which creates its own issues), UAVs will never replace the Mark I Eyeball...

79 posted on 02/25/2021 5:48:44 PM PST by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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To: lodi90

So your takeaway is we need to throw more money at the “problem”?


80 posted on 02/25/2021 5:54:09 PM PST by Ponce de Leon County (Ad maiorem Dei gloriam )
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