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re: A not too kind assessment of the F-35 program.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 2:39 pm to jcaz
Posted on 2/24/21 at 2:39 pm to jcaz
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Absolutely. However I believe it was the only airframe that was in large quantities between AF, Navy, and USMC.
That's correct.
However, as a counter point, it was a very good airframe. They continued to be in use up into the 1990's as a Wild Weasel and electronic warfare roles. That's almost 40 years in service.
Technically, they are still in service today as aerial drone targets designated as the FQ-4 (I think that's right)
This post was edited on 2/24/21 at 2:41 pm
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Posted on 2/24/21 at 3:32 pm to Lonnie Utah
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they are still in service today as aerial drone targets designated as the FQ-4 (I think that's right)
that's right, and there a few civilian operators still flying it for weapons test et al
Posted on 2/24/21 at 3:50 pm to Lonnie Utah
Iran still flies the as well as Turkey. Japan just recently finished as well as the Greeks and ROKAF. They later messed around with the J79 engine combustion cans and fuel nozzles and made them almost smokeless compared to the older J79 which would only quit smoking in afterburner.
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