Comments on: Is the F-35 Militarily Vital?

By: elgatoso

elgatoso — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 07:06:56 +0000

Why in hell we want Eurofighter???I prefer the Raptor !!!

By: guest

guest — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:11:43 +0000

evolution of jf-17 aircraft / fc-1 aircraft : http://i0.sinaimg.cn/jc/p/2008-08-08/U1335P27T1D5...

By: Robert A. Fritts

Robert A. Fritts — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:24:31 +0000

USMC needs a AV-8B replacement to bomb terrorists, Super Tucano.
F-14 TomCat retired way to early, 100% correct.
F-35 a Turkey! Yes and also a gas Guzzler. can’t get a 1/4pounder at McDonalds without at least 2 KC-10 hookups.
F-15s already falling apart? Not the 160 sitting at the AMMARC in Tucson(also a similar number of barely broken in F/A-18s and F-16s) with less than 1000hr on them(can you say “New Car Smell”)
F-35 used for CAS? I’ll take my chances with a Barret .50cal and two 13year old Taliban with Stingers.
I did 4 tour in A-stan, best support aircraft? B-1B Lancer way ahead of the pack, then A-10, and then Mirage 2000. Most USAF, USN and USMC fast movers do not want to be involved with warfighting, hence CAS is defined as anything below 20,000ft. JSF out — Turbo prop Super Tucano in. Hell most US fast mover pilots would take a ass-kicking if picked up by Army or USMC infantry.

By: blight

blight — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:39:38 +0000

Assuming we continue to simply bomb third worlders or terrorist types and that the cost of maintaining old production lines for legacy hardware is cheaper than buying newfangled Bugattis of the sky.

By: Mastro

Mastro — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:29:58 +0000

A bit much–

Is your only alternative 700 F22’s , 3000 F35’s and a thousand of that gold plated amphibious thingee for the Marines? Throw in a 100 LCS that are armed with… something…

By: Mastro

Mastro — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:26:51 +0000

We should just refurbish a couple hundred A7’s , hang a Sharpshooter pod (or similar) off them and use them to bomb terrorists/Third World.

Save a few hundred billion.

By: Mastro

Mastro — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:25:06 +0000

Aren’t the F15’s ready to fall apart? Or was that all Air Force BS to get more F22/F35’s made?

By: @7thwave

@7thwave — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:46:41 +0000

I have a idea to shut the budget hawks up, and really help with the defense of the USA…
1. Cut the army from its current end strength to 5,000 personnel. This includes all brigades and battalions at all levels of war fighting skill.
2. Cut the marines to 200 men and take away amphibious capability
3. reduce the air force to a fleet of no more than 30 fighters,and de activate all bombers and tankers. Reduce the transport fleet to 2 squadrons of c-130.
4 Cut the navy down to just 5 ships all to be used for coastal patrol only
5. De activate all Ohio class submarines and deactivate minute man missiles, and deactivate all missile defense and any response the USA needs to counter nuclear weapons
world wide.

with these cost cutting measures,the USA will be left defenseless and will be held at mercy by our enemies world wide.…just what the budget hawks want.

By: Eaglekpr

Eaglekpr — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:23:26 +0000

I think you ned to re-read that India vs US artical again. True the Indians spanked the US in a few of the fights, but that’s what was expected. We didn’t use US tactics. We we’re flying “red air” tactics. Other countries style of fighting. On top of that, we flew four aircraft against their twelve… every sortie.

By: apparegiMe@gMail.coM

apparegiMe@gMail.coM — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:42:22 +0000

STARTLING GRAPHICS OF JF-17 / FC-1 AIRCRAFT : http://image155.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20090514/09/46180989200905140947213851878057312_000.jpg
SOURCE : http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/lofiversion/index.php?t184522.html
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