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Subject: Re: Five Reasons The U.S. Air Force Should Be Buying F-35 Fighters Much Faster
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On 25 Oct 2018 17:51:29 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>more at
>https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2018/10/25/five-reasons-the-u-s-air-force-should-be-buying-f-35-fighters-much-faster/#185674eb3c05
>
>So the late Senator John McCain apparently was prescient when he predicted in
>2012 that F-35 might become "the greatest combat aircraft in the history of the
>world." After completing over 9,000 flight tests during which there were no
>serious mishaps, the plane has demonstrated that it is ten times better than
>legacy fighters at jamming enemy radar, six times better at winning aerial
>engagements, and five times better at striking ground targets. It also collects
>and interprets intelligence better than any tactical aircraft in history.
Reads like a marketing press release from Lockheed Martin.
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