Posted on 05/01/2024 7:18:21 AM PDT by hardspunned
Only 29% are mission capable despite costing $100m each.
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The moral bar is unreachable only for opponents of the MIC and Con Inc.
You’re right.
I’ve said for years that our military in now used for the benefit/agenda of the Globalists/Deep State/Banksters, et al, not us.
I’m a 73 year old Nam combat vet and I have a 14 year old grandson. They can go to hell if they ever want to draft him.
Didn’t they plan to phase out the F-22? We only have about 185 of them when we need 1000 +.
Excellent points.
“Political Nonsense. Not a plane in the sky can shoot it down”.
That’s what Herman Goering said. Soon after, the P-51 Mustangs appeared and he knew the war was over for the Luftwaffe.
STOVL,actually
It's not just now. It's been that way for more than a century.
I don’t know where you got the idea that I’m a “Republican purist.” I have less respect for members of Congress than I do for arsonists and child molesters. I think clowns like Gaetz are exactly the kind of people we need in public office.
So bend over and take it from the MIC and smile while you get it. 29%!! What happens if we need more than a few at time, like in a war? $1.58TRILLION additional to maintain them. What happens in a war when they’re under stress of multiple sorties a day? Forget that best case scenario 29%. What a stooge for DC MIC oligarchs. You love it and are proud of it!
I know that.
Analogy is not your strong point.
The military industrial complex is to white people as the US Postal Service is to African Americans.
A jobs program. Nothing more, nothing less.
“I see them practically every day.
They are louder than F-15, F-16 and F-22.............”
Sitting on the beach in Destin on a weekday is like watching an all day air show.
You probably had to look up Herman Goering.
For you to say no plane could ever shoot down an F-35 is not too bright.
MCAS Cherry Point Air Show 5/11/24 will have a F-35B demo. I’ll be there. Hopefully it will be airworthy.
I can understand what you said because you’re a patriot and rooting for our American Air Force. That is a good thing.
Forget my brashness.
The F-35 is the world’s best avionics suite in the world’s most mediocre airframe.
The Israeli Air Force seems to be flying the crap out of theirs. Over Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, (maybe Iran), ivo Russian S-300 and S-400 air defense systems, no problems.
“Trying to mix three different roles into one airframe never seemed to be logical to me. “
Luckily it worked with the F-4 and F-15.
The F-4 even had a reconnaissance version.
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