F-35 headed for the graveyard?

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Uwaa OmO
I certainly fucking hope so.

http://rt.com/usa/pentagon-f35-stealth-bomber-963/

Pentagon officials held a briefing on Wednesday in which they mapped out ways to manage the $500 billion in automated budget cuts required over the next decade. A slideshow laid out a number of suggestions and exposed the Pentagon’s frustration with its F-35 jets, which are designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp. based out of Bethesda, Md. The agency also suggested scrapping plans for a new stealthy, long-range bomber, attendees of the briefing told Reuters.
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I don't think it is - Lockheed had some planes completed/ordered. I'll have to check.

I wish it was - a white elephant/over-compromised boondoggle
 
Seriously, didn't we just finish the F-18 and F-22 projects? We already have complete aerial dominance with them. Wait a few minutes when the technology has jumped forward a bit more before rolling another series off the runway.
 
Naturally the Libs want to cut the Military anyway they can, so they can use that money to put "moore" people on food stamps, to create a Food Stamp Dependency society which means moore Demo votes. Obama is "The Food Stamp President", no doubt about it. If the Libs get back control of Congress, watch out for higher taxes, Tax and Spend, Tax and Spend...infinity(PeeWee Herman) I know you are, but what am I?
 
How the U.S. and Its Allies Got Stuck with the World’s Worst New Warplane

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was meant to improve the U.S. air arsenal but has made it more vulnerable instead
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/5c95d45f86a5

It's the Joint Strike Fighter -supposed to be universal in all combat theaters, as well as NATO.
It's a mess
of cost over-runs and compromised design
 
SJJRSJJS said:
Naturally the Libs want to cut the Military anyway they can, so they can use that money to put "moore" people on food stamps, to create a Food Stamp Dependency society which means moore Demo votes. Obama is "The Food Stamp President", no doubt about it. If the Libs get back control of Congress, watch out for higher taxes, Tax and Spend, Tax and Spend...infinity(PeeWee Herman) I know you are, but what am I?
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I thought you, as a conservative, would be against wasting tax dollars. The F-35 is a complete waste of tax dollars. Not only is it not an improvement on existing aircraft, it is far more costly.

No one can stand against our current air power.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategist)
This guy is the spiritual and mathematical father of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, also a big chunk, if not the biggest chunk of strategy for Operation Desert Storm. His biography is one of the most fascinating books I've ever read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_C._Spinney
This guy was mentioned in the article that annata quoted. He was a disciple of Col. Boyd's. If he says the J-35 is a turd, it's a turd. I have also seen the USAF procurement process in action. If you don't have a strong, irreverent personality like Boyd's, well, that leaves the generals in charge, and worse yet, the colonels that want to be generals.
 
callinectes said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategist)
This guy is the spiritual and mathematical father of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, also a big chunk, if not the biggest chunk of strategy for Operation Desert Storm. His biography is one of the most fascinating books I've ever read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_C._Spinney
This guy was mentioned in the article that annata quoted. He was a disciple of Col. Boyd's. If he says the J-35 is a turd, it's a turd. I have also seen the USAF procurement process in action. If you don't have a strong, irreverent personality like Boyd's, well, that leaves the generals in charge, and worse yet, the colonels that want to be generals.
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Thanks for that, I had never heard of these guys.
 
WinterBorn said:
I thought you, as a conservative, would be against wasting tax dollars. The F-35 is a complete waste of tax dollars. Not only is it not an improvement on existing aircraft, it is far more costly.

No one can stand against our current air power.
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It is the proverbial horse designed by committee ending up as a camel.
 
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