[Check6]

The F-35 is a nightmare. The F-15 is proven. A bird or a BB brings down an F-35. F-15 a little more robust in the aerodynamic/electro-mechanical dimension, not to mention 2 engines, enough to bring it home after one is gone. F-15 even landed with one wing gone. F-35 just went “a bridge too far” down the McNamara road of hoping to get one weapon do to the job of several others. I think the F-111 ended up being called the Ardvark. I wonder what name the F-35 will end up with? The Matrix? Just too much overly optimistic engineering crammed into a flying machine. Well, that is my impression.

[Hugh the Scot]

No new aircraft designs were needed after the F-4.

[Zhang Fei]

[The F-35 is a nightmare.]

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To fit into post-Cold War budgets, they designed this with one engine. But it’s a pretty good plane. Every major ally bought this with cash money (with the exception of Israel, which has the benefit of $3b in annual grants). They can purchase any other plane in production, including the Gripen, the Eurofighter and the Rafale, but they went for the F-35. That’s not because they’re looking to prop up LockMart.

[Elsie]

The famous episode when an Israeli Air Force F-15 was able to land with one wing.

The F-15 is not only a famous MiG Killer. ...

As told by Easley, it was only after he turned back to shake his instructor's hand,

that Zivi discovered that he had flown and landed without a wing!Sep 15, 2014

How an Israeli F-15 Eagle managed to land with one wing ...