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2015-04-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

New Red Alert for Billions-Over-Budget F-35 Fighter

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Posted by gorb 2015-04-27 16:19|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Please. Keep telling us what a great plane it is and will replace everything!

Makes me wonder if this isn't just a foreign ops mission to destroy our air power and suck money out of other military projects.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-04-27 16:40|| 2015-04-27 16:40|| Front Page Top

#2 hundreds of billions of dollars over budget

...and the Nigerians just can't find a miserly 20 billion.

The IG found identified 61 "noncomformities" or violations of federal regulator requirements -- and recommended that the DoD implement new guidelines and provide more oversight of the company in charge of the engine development

1 - retire all the senior officers involved. No ceremony. No ribbons.

2 - kill all senior exec bonuses for five years

...otherwise, you're not serious.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-04-27 17:04|| 2015-04-27 17:04|| Front Page Top

#3 That there are so few deficiencies is remarkable given what this plane is supposed to do. And yes, it should have been designed as a twin engine plane, much like the F-4, 14, 15, 18, and A-10, but since it is a single engine plane, that engine has to do more with less. It will take a while to sort out.

The F-35 program is certainly in better shape than the Russian T-50 program, so it has that going for it too.

Posted by rammer 2015-04-27 17:04|| 2015-04-27 17:04|| Front Page Top

#4 And a bit of history: when the USN was looking for a replacement for the A-7 Corsair, the F-16 performed better than all other candidates, especially in the carrier environment, but the LAF* decreed 2 motors so we got the F-17, that turned in the much loved F/A-18.

* Light Attack Mafia

Posted by USN, Ret. 2015-04-27 17:11|| 2015-04-27 17:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Kill it in the crib, like the b-2, f-22 and shriek about savings. Meanwhile we got 20 B-2 and 222 f-22.

Time to order lawndartX?

Posted by Shipman 2015-04-27 17:47|| 2015-04-27 17:47|| Front Page Top

#6 People who need it to fail will always see FAIL (side of global warming with that?) People who think it will still be cancelled have never worked procurement or lobbied / been lobbied by a huge manufacturer with its life on the line. Is it (can it ever be) a good airplane? Irrelevant to the people who decide whether it gets bought / paid for. Bad news if it's a bad kite, but the game will continue apace...

Posted by M. Murcek 2015-04-27 19:55|| 2015-04-27 19:55|| Front Page Top

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