[thetallguy24]

I would be lying if I said there exists any plausible tactical air-to-air scenario where the F-35 will need to employ the gun,"

Ummmm....didn't they say something similar about the F-4 Phantom? Funny how history repeats.

[Jonty30]

At tho rate, by the time they actually get it battle-ready, it’s going to be an antique.

[headstamp 2]

“I would be lying if I said there exists any plausible tactical air-to-air scenario where the F-35 will need to employ the gun,”

They’ll never learn. This thing is becoming a bridge to unmanned drones.

[RC one]

seems like the F22 worked just fine but we had to scrap that... so we could have MRAPs... which we’re giving away to local police departments now.

[SandRat]

Ummmm....didn't they say something similar about the F-4 Phantom? Funny how history repeats.

YESIR DEED DEE!

[BwanaNdege]

I remember the 20mm brass from a Phantom’s strafing run nearly beaning us during one CAS mission in Vietnam.

Gun’s-R-Good!

[Bogey78O]

So 3 seconds of ammo...

[skinkinthegrass]

one word: McNamara
that said, another (pointy-headed) moron from
the (so important/self described) Ivy League.

[Billthedrill]

OK, work with me on this one. A little sliding door in the canopy so the pilot can draw his sidearm, stick it out, and blow away the enemy aircraft with blazing six-gun action. I’ll bet it would work in the movies.

[VietVet]

“software?” to “power” a 4=barrel Gatling gun? You mean like the ones which have been mounted in US aircraft and anti-aircraft since the sixties?

Someone needs to stop trying to re-invent the wheel every time they turn around.

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty ping.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Boy, are we screwed.

Happy New Year.

PING!

[sickoflibs]

Recall the Navy’s A-12 cancelled in 1991 due to cost over-runs.

GD just defaulted on their fixed price contracts and Cheney said no to their demands for more $$$.

[molson209]

WOW ,it has a gun ,Obama’s people must have screwed up somewhere

[baddog 219]

F*** the F35... Keep and up grade the A10

[NormsRevenge]

As long as they still let the pilot carry a sidearm .. I doubt their true mission will be defeated.

[montag813]

All this and we can’t afford $7 billion for an Israel-style secure border fence?

[Timber Rattler]

No need for a gun eh? I guess the Air Force has forgotten the bitter lessons from the Vietnam air war.

[Timber Rattler]

No need for a gun eh? I guess the Air Force has forgotten the bitter lessons from the Vietnam air war.

[Born to Conserve]

Four days to code the software, four years of bureaucratic spending to fill out the budget.

[Iron Munro]

The great nation that built the Empire State Building in one year and 45 days, fought WWII to a victorious end in less than 4 years. and put a man on the moon in 8 years doesn’t exist any longer.