On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 19:11:29 +0000, Charles Lindbergh
<spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote:
>Not a big surprise.... but still disappointing.
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>Pentagon's vaunted F-35 earns lousy review from test pilot in secret report
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>http://fxn.ws/1FYt9Nd
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>original story here:
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>https://medium.com/war-is-boring/when-is-the-f-35-not-a-dogfighter-when-it-s-convenient-2fb1f233f42
clearly of a bygone era,' Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Zuppas, then in
charge of the 35th Operations Group in Japan, wrote in an official
2007 op-ed."
They said that about the F-4 Phantom - until Viet Nam came along. At
least the F-35 has a gun...
What we need are more A-10s - cheap, indestructible, beautifully ugly,
and capable of ruining Achmed's day with both engines tied behind its
back.
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