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machoneman

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88. A double delta, of sorts, but not a swing wing like the F-14 Tomcat.

Reply to Ghost Dog (Reply #54)

Mon Jun 17, 2019, 04:00 PM

Jun 2019

Great fighter, for sure.

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The F-35 is a piece of shit, [View all] watoos Jun 2019 OP

A former great contributor to DU use to post this picture of the F-35-a pic is worth a trillion $s. TexasProgresive Jun 2019 #1

The cost keeps increasing watoos Jun 2019 #5

unhappycamper, I think JHB Jun 2019 #34

That's right, thanks TexasProgresive Jun 2019 #39

Yep. Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #53

Should have just bought the Eurofighter instead. Gumboot Jun 2019 #2

Along with the other support and maintenance contracts...and contractors. Ford_Prefect Jun 2019 #3

Would have been cheaper to bomb the enemy with bales of cash, crushing them. lagomorph777 Jun 2019 #35

Yep. Eurofighter Typhoon is the world's most advanced swing-role combat aircraft: Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #54

A double delta, of sorts, but not a swing wing like the F-14 Tomcat. machoneman Jun 2019 #88

Swing role, a clumsy expression, they say, not swing-wing. Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #91

Defense spending is the "third rail" of American politics...touch it and you die sop Jun 2019 #4

agreed - I remember in the early days of the F-35 NewJeffCT Jun 2019 #8

Yes. Blue_true Jun 2019 #43

Carthage. Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #58

Was there corruption or avarice in Carthage? Blue_true Jun 2019 #62

From my reading of the history... yes, but Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #64

Yugos had a better safeinOhio Jun 2019 #6

Post of the day, brilliant. watoos Jun 2019 #11

I had a friend who bought a brand new Yugo ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #27

Really? jberryhill Jun 2019 #30

He also had an old VW Bug ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #32

With the heating ducts under the running boards, they always rusted out anyway. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2019 #36

big bucks to fix is the plan NewJeffCT Jun 2019 #7

every time i hear about this plane, i think about this movie- mopinko Jun 2019 #9

I think RoboCop "Who cares if it works" and The Deal of the Century. TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #10

It was about the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Aristus Jun 2019 #20

my bad. thx. mopinko Jun 2019 #24

were you part of the hail mary? mopinko Jun 2019 #25

My unit didn't actually serve in combat. Aristus Jun 2019 #26

This entire method of warfare is obsolete. hunter Jun 2019 #12

They are effective against less sophisticated enemy. Blue_true Jun 2019 #48

Who would that less sophisticated enemy be? In modern aerial warfare meat is obsolete. hunter Jun 2019 #67

I am not disagreeing with you. Blue_true Jun 2019 #68

What air war edhopper Jun 2019 #13

None. A HERETIC I AM Jun 2019 #45

In all fairness, the air force version of the F-35A seems OK Rollo Jun 2019 #14

The Air Force knows. hunter Jun 2019 #44

My brother test piloted the air force F-35 and was supposed to be flying it. He was previously smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #56

one independent northeast us senator is a big fan of funding the f35 nt msongs Jun 2019 #15

They seem to be doing well in combat hack89 Jun 2019 #16

US forces have engaged in air combat using F-35's? mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #31

They have been flying in Syria as have the Israeli air force hack89 Jun 2019 #33

So winning an air war against the C team count for something now? Blue_true Jun 2019 #49

There has been zero air-to-air combat over Syria. n/t Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #61

We haven't fought the A team since Korea hack89 Jun 2019 #72

We have fought a low of low tech people that fought us to a standstill, Blue_true Jun 2019 #73

Desert Storm and the invasion of Iraq in 2003 say otherwise hack89 Jun 2019 #74

Yes, but then we lost thousands of troops to a low tech insurgency. Blue_true Jun 2019 #82

But our casualties have been remarkably low compared to other wars hack89 Jun 2019 #83

Your point at the end captured the essence. Blue_true Jun 2019 #85

Yeah but look at all the money the defense contractors have made. lpbk2713 Jun 2019 #17

And their shareholders. That is indeed most of the point. Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #63

Our Glorious Supreme Leader tells us the F-35 is invisible.... Brother Buzz Jun 2019 #18

it's feature, not a bug. KG Jun 2019 #19

Flies at $45,000 an hour Kid Berwyn Jun 2019 #21

I'm stealing that. shanny Jun 2019 #38

Thank you! Feel free to steal. That's what Xi said. Kid Berwyn Jun 2019 #41

Send 10,000 kids to college for that. n/t Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #65

I don't really care about whether it's a POS or not. We'll blow money regardless. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #22

+1, at this point they seem like "Maginot" devices. The real fight is happening ... uponit7771 Jun 2019 #29

I know, tell me about it. Mine has gone to shit. Hotler Jun 2019 #23

*snicker* smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #57

This is the part that gets me ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #28

The builders could change the metal used for the tail, or develop a different, Blue_true Jun 2019 #51

Because you're programmed not to want, you know, intelligent, coordinated planning, Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #66

No lie. shanny Jun 2019 #37

Our defense budget needs to be cut by 75% Calculating Jun 2019 #40

Have they taught it to fly in bad weather yet? Blue_true Jun 2019 #42

Pretty funny (sad) when you look at it. blugbox Jun 2019 #46

F-35: What The Pilots Say Baclava Jun 2019 #47

Bombing the taliban and penetrating Syrian air defenses is not the same Blue_true Jun 2019 #52

Why do US governments want to attack the Chinese or Russian mainlands? Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #69

It was not me that mentioned penetrating sophisticated air defenses. Blue_true Jun 2019 #70

Sure, Blue_true! (And this conversation much appreciated!) Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #71

It's like they purposefully try to make decisions that will piss everyone off. Initech Jun 2019 #50

Good thing it's invisible dalton99a Jun 2019 #55

Why the hell would Poland want to buy these planes if they're so problematic? cwydro Jun 2019 #59

The planning for the manufacture of the F-35 was ingenious. They spread the jobs around many, many keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #60

Kick ck4829 Jun 2019 #75

Who the fuck cares? KentuckyWoman Jun 2019 #76

Where the F' are the great engineers that used to design and build this stuff. democratisphere Jun 2019 #77

Retired ? CentralMass Jun 2019 #78

Yes. Retired or dead with only total incompetence to replace them. democratisphere Jun 2019 #79

With a five-time Draft Dodger running the republican shit show Achilleaze Jun 2019 #80

All new weapons systems have issues DeminPennswoods Jun 2019 #81

Chinese co. making circuit boards. moondust Jun 2019 #84

Likely the reason Vermont groups are telling Sanders to scrap putting it in Winooski ehrnst Jun 2019 #86

They never should have made it a three-service jet Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #87

If anyone asks me, the Air Force was a stupid idea. hunter Jun 2019 #89

The funny part is I read a compelling, detailed argument 7-8 years ago Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #90