#4118689 - 05/10/15 07:02 PM
F-35
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Carefree
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#4118905 - 05/11/15 01:17 PM
Re: F-35
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Lifer
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Lifer
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Not a fan of the aircraft, but the shots are sweet
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#4118922 - 05/11/15 01:48 PM
Re: F-35
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Desert Eagle
Master of the Weird
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The images are nice yes, too bad it costed 1.5 Trillion to take them. But hell, the images are sweet. It was worth it!
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#4118972 - 05/11/15 03:25 PM
Re: F-35
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Entil'zha
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No, WILL cost. As of 2015 nowhere near that amount has been spent. Come 2050, perhaps.
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#4119081 - 05/11/15 07:39 PM
Re: F-35
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The F-23 would've had even more detractors. With all the flak LM is taking lately for the perceived weakness of the F-35's agility, imagine what the more expensive F-23 would've dealt with compared to the F-15C it was to replace. NG's record is hardly stellar compared to LM anyway, the B-2 program was hardly a model in procurement excellence and the Global Hawk has spectacularly failed to be so much cheaper than the U-2 that it replaced them without question.
In a duplicate of the A-10 retirement spectacle, the USAF has now tried and failed more than once to either retire the U-2s or some/all of the Global Hawks because it says it can't afford to run both. Congress won't let them get rid of either.
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The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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#4119227 - 05/12/15 05:12 AM
Re: F-35
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Legend
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Legsie is such a
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It looks very friendly, though!
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#4119351 - 05/12/15 12:48 PM
Re: F-35
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It wouldn't have looked like that, though. That was the X-32. This is what the notional F-32 would've looked like: The Jedi Master
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#4119411 - 05/12/15 02:05 PM
Re: F-35
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Lifer
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still an ugly aircraft...
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#4119619 - 05/12/15 08:37 PM
Re: F-35
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Compared to Vought's F-8/A-7 birds, not really that far off.
Still...say AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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#4119676 - 05/12/15 11:05 PM
Re: F-35
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Can't wait to see it at EAA this summer
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#4119916 - 05/13/15 02:40 PM
Re: F-35
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Yes, we could've had the F-32 Fido.
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The anteater is wearing the bagel because he's a reindeer princess. -- my 4 yr old daughter
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