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re: A not too kind assessment of the F-35 program.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 12:36 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Posted on 2/24/21 at 12:36 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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“They tried to make the F-35 do too much,”
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F-35s to replace aging F-16s and A-10s
Aren't the F-16 and A-10 vastly different aircraft designed to perform very different roles? Seems pretty obvious that one aircraft would have difficulty filling both roles.
This post was edited on 2/24/21 at 12:37 pm
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Posted on 2/24/21 at 12:40 pm to LSUtiger17
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Aren't the F-16 and A-10 vastly different aircraft designed to perform very different roles?
yes, there was a push back in the eighties to try and use the F-16 to take the role of the A-10 but
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pretty obvious that one aircraft would have difficulty filling both roles.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 1:35 pm to LSUtiger17
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Aren't the F-16 and A-10 vastly different aircraft designed to perform very different roles? Seems pretty obvious that one aircraft would have difficulty filling both roles.
The Air Force has almost zero interest in the close air support game. This was a way for them to get a shiny new toy while assuring the Army they were *wink* *wink* getting an improved CAS platform in the bargain.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 6:29 pm to LSUtiger17
Seems pretty obvious that one aircraft would have difficulty filling both roles.
—that’s the way military brass thinks—just do it, regardless of the facts
—that’s the way military brass thinks—just do it, regardless of the facts
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