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KeepItReal

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6. The more you have to buy....you see?

Reply to Recursion (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 02:40 PM

Jan 2015

Sounds like the F-35 has to operate in packs to achieve the same close air support results that a single A-10 Warthog or F-15E Strike Eagle could achieve.

Pretty damn ingenious of Lockheed Martin.

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I'm sure aerial foes of the F-35 will simply stay out of gun range...out of respect. KeepItReal Jan 2015 #2

Better yet! Accelerating to the MACH 1.6 literally uses the entire fuel tank Recursion Jan 2015 #4

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Why are all of our big-ticket systems so under-armed? Recursion Jan 2015 #3

The more you have to buy....you see? KeepItReal Jan 2015 #6

The V-22 replaced the CH-46.... which carried no guns. n/t Adrahil Jan 2015 #13

"The Osprey? It has one gun, that only fires backwards" EX500rider Jan 2015 #16

Good god. We'd be better off just putting the F-22 back into production. sir pball Jan 2015 #5

I'm with you on that. Air Force should just buy more F-22s. KeepItReal Jan 2015 #7

Probably be cheaper to develop a -22N sir pball Jan 2015 #8

Yeah, making a jet carrier suitable takes a bit more than that. n/t Adrahil Jan 2015 #12

Not really a big deal for air-to-air.. EX500rider Jan 2015 #9