On 11 Oct 2018 17:13:44 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>In article <unkvrdh1ftbao2ofjmcd08ovi9a39obk36@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>On 11 Oct 2018 14:22:17 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>>wrote:
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>>>In article <b9fvrdlmqdt7da1d3l3qvftn1jab96f2t4@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>>>U.S. military suspends operations for F-35 fighter jets, citing safety
>>>>concerns
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>>>>The United States temporarily suspended operations for its fleet of
>>>>F-35 fighter jets for 24 to 48 hours to check for possible faulty fuel
>>>>tubes in the engines of the planes, after a crash in South Carolina
>>>>late last month raised concerns about whether the part was to blame.
>>>>
>>>>The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that the U.S. military and
>>>>its international partners, which have also purchased F-35 fighter
>>>>jets from contractor Lockheed Martin, would be suspending flight
>>>>operations to inspect the fuel tubes out of caution........ more
>>>>
>>>>https://wapo.st/2OiTPcz
>>>>
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>>>It won't be long before we'll be reduced to defending the country with
>>>gyro-copters....then it'll be discovered that the fabric used to make the wings
>>>was substandard and will have to be remade with 'ripstop' nylon.
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>>Hummm, imaginative.
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>...realistic...whatever happened to the fly-before-you-buy concept that the
>AForce was supposed to take?...remember that 60 Minutes episode with the AForce
>general who said that's what they were going to do?
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No, I don't remember that statement. I never put much faith in public
pronouncements from the majority of general staff officers.
In a way, they did try before they purchased, there was a competition
between Lockheed Martin and the Boeing X-32.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-32
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- Gen, John F. Kelly (4 star, USMC, Ret.)
White House Chief of Staff speaking about President Trump
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