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Pentagon lowers F-35 performance bar
Posted: 22 Jan 2013, 15:26
by maddog65
The US Department of Defense is lowering the performance bar for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter according to a new report by the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation (DOT&E).
View article here
We just need to scrap this plane. It is becoming the biggest money pit in aviation history I'm sure.
Re: Pentagon lowers F-35 performance bar
Posted: 22 Jan 2013, 19:09
by delbydoo
OMG......"so fellas.....how are we gonna stuff this square peg in the round hole?" 15 years later and $4b down the tube "we slice the edges off"
This is turning into an excrutiatingly embarrasing white elephant
Re: Pentagon lowers F-35 performance bar
Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 00:11
by phantomfreak
An airplane that the F-4 Phantom can actually outturn.
Re: Pentagon lowers F-35 performance bar
Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 02:38
by MIKE JG
phantomfreak wrote:An airplane that the F-4 Phantom can actually outturn.
LOL! I saw that, that's pathetic for a "5th gen" fighter.......
Re: Pentagon lowers F-35 performance bar
Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 02:55
by sr01
Thank God us Canadians opened the can on the 'rper gov't trying to buy this POS ! Latest from an RCAF buddy of mine is the Eurofighter is THE ONE that'll have CAF ( er RCAF) markings on it
Re: Pentagon lowers F-35 performance bar
Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 10:15
by delbydoo
sr01 wrote:Thank God us Canadians opened the can on the 'rper gov't trying to buy this POS ! Latest from an RCAF buddy of mine is the Eurofighter is THE ONE that'll have CAF ( er RCAF) markings on it
As much as I'd love to see that happen, surely the natural progression would be to the Super Hornet, as the Australians have done. With most of the infrastructure, ground equipment etc. already in place I can see this one being the better option financially. I might be wrong though
