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VTOL is only one of 3 F-35 variants for the US.
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Cool video. Thanks for posting. 👍
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Impressive, thanks for posting.
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Hill AFB here is the home of the first fully operational F-35 squadrons. They have deployed numerous times to war zones, and have seen a good deal of combat already. The guys in flight suits that I corner while shopping in the commissary are happy to tell me it is a very good airplane - finally. There is no argument that it took way too long, was far too ambitious, and many times too expensive to develop. But the end product is damn good.
If the F-22 ever gets to the "furball" dogfighting stage of air-to-air combat, it has failed utterly in its mission. It is designed to detect, track, and kill from long to very long range, before the enemy even knows it is there. Fighter pilots dearly love to engage with guns, in close, and under high Gs - but that is a tactic about as outmoded as horse cavalry.
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They’ve come a long way from the Corsair.
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The EAA has one on display in their museum. It, and the rest of their collection, is worth a look for anyone in the Oshkosh area.
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Isn't it the F-35 everybody was raggin on? And deservedly so. The F-22 is light years ahead of anything else and ESPECIALLY the 35
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…”
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