F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News, Videos and pics Thread

[Maikeru]

Gus gives a concise explanation of the current TR3/Block 4 woes and offers a meta-reason for them - "technical debt".

 

[4Tran]

Gus gives a concise explanation of the current TR3/Block 4 woes and offers a meta-reason for them - "technical debt".

I don't know if he's right, but it's definitely a reasonable assumption. It's a bit hard for some people to wrap their heads around the F-35 being one of the best fighter planes in the world and being seriously flawed at the same time. But I think that it's still very important to remember what Lockheed Martin wants: if the F-35 program is a never-ending money pit, then that's only good news for them, so why would they want to change anything?

 

[siegecrossbow]

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[Sinnavuuty]

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F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition​

 

[Atomicfrog]

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F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition​

100% upgradability for F-35 ??? It's a joke right ? It's not even capable to get upgraded to his promised capabilities...

 

[CasualObserver]

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[CMP]

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If he succeeds in keeping F-35 out of the hands of SA and Turkey, they'll eventually just go with Chinese offerings.

 

[no_name]

If he succeeds in keeping F-35 out of the hands of SA and Turkey, they'll eventually just go with Chinese offerings.

Imagine if some years later we hear of another J-10/Rafael type story, but this time with J-35/F-35 instead.

 

[AlexYe]

Imagine if some years later we hear of another J-10/Rafael type story, but this time with J-35/F-35 instead.

With hopefully similar outcome as the j10>raf one

 

[AlexYe]

Uh oh.

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According to the report, the average availability rate of F-35s was 50% because "(the Pentagon) did not always hold Lockheed Martin accountable for poor performance related to F-35 sustainment."

Well the F35 as a retirement/welfare program for lockheed and its partners is working as intended.