Originally Posted by Jcubed
Originally Posted by jorgeI
Originally Posted by JohnBurns
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Nothing flying but the F-22 has a chance with it at the merge or in any aspect.

FACT.

Show me the V/N diagrams on the 35 (Hint: they are classified so I know you haven't seen them. Hint #2 I have) and then maybe we can discuss. Hint# 3 there are QUITE A FEW Fourth Generation fighters with superior V?N diagrams to the 35. Both the F-16 and the 15 FAR out climb the the 35.... Choke on it gas passer.


But that's not what the F-35 was supposed to do.

Sensors...beyond BVR.

Etc.

It was supposed to be a node. Was it not?

No sir. it was supposed to do ALL of those things including CAS which it CAN do with modern standoff munitions like JADAM/JSOW, otherwise, it's way too expensive to expose to a CAS mission in the traditional sense. Look if you look at the original Statement of Work (SOW), pricing on the 35 and what we actually purchased, it is just not performing to standards.

A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”