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To: hardspunned

Wasn’t the F-22 a good all-around plane? Why’d they dump it for the F-35?

47 posted on 05/01/2024 8:37:45 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)

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To: Carriage Hill

F-35 is the Swiss Army Knife plane

Tried to build Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps all on the same basic airframe (a bad idea, IMHO)

Still, there are 3 distinct versions - especially the VSTOL Marine Corps version

F-22 is basically only Air Force capable

56 posted on 05/01/2024 8:55:32 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)

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