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2017-02-07 Science & Technology
Attack of the killer turkey - F-35 Dominates At Red Flag With 15:1 Kill Rate
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Posted by DarthVader 2017-02-07 09:41|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top

#1 Maybe it can do the job. We hope.
Posted by DarthVader 2017-02-07 09:42||   2017-02-07 09:42|| Front Page Top

#2 ... Having attended a few Red Flags, I'm willing to believe this is true. The problem now is if we can only afford X number of -35s, and the enemy has X number of aircraft +1....

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-02-07 09:51||   2017-02-07 09:51|| Front Page Top

#3 The only working Wing?
Posted by Skidmark 2017-02-07 11:08||   2017-02-07 11:08|| Front Page Top

#4 I can do that too! Just need to figure out how to get the fishes in the barrel to stay still while I shoot them.

"Killer Turkey" is a good name for the F-35.
Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-02-07 11:28||   2017-02-07 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 "Killer Turkey" is a good name for the F-35.

Thanks. I'm quite proud of that. That plane is able to leap tall buildings, slay fighter and budgets both in one bound!
Posted by DarthVader 2017-02-07 11:31||   2017-02-07 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Going from 4th to 5th gen fighters is a much bigger leap than going from 3rd (F-4) to 4th gen (F-15) and we've used the F-15 to establish unquestioned air superiority for the last 40 years. The 5th gen capability leap is like going from props to jets.

The problem now is if we can only afford X number of -35s, and the enemy has X number of aircraft +1

This year's LRIP10 F-35A flyaway production price is $94.6 million and it is still 2 years from full production and ~$85 million flyaway.

Planned number US F-35s: ~2400
Planned number of PAK-FA: ~150-200
Likely lifetime F-35 production: ~4000

https://www.f35.com/news/detail/agreement-reached-on-lowest-priced-f-35s-in-program-history
Posted by Guillibaldo Stalin4227 2017-02-07 11:51||   2017-02-07 11:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Off script GS.
Posted by Shipman  2017-02-07 12:50||   2017-02-07 12:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Killer Turkey: the 'Turkey' part was ripped off the F-14; please return.

Re#2: The USN was asked to play when I was still AD, we had 2 Boomer Skypigs painted in Desert Camo and from above they were invisible unless you caught their shadow. We flew them as a section until the Ascotties got tired of being jumped, then we were told that we had to fly the 'hi-vis' grey stealth paint job with one of them. Didn't like it when we colored outside the lines it seems......
Posted by USN, Ret. 2017-02-07 14:59||   2017-02-07 14:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Remember when the B2 program died because they were costing a billion each?
Posted by ed in texas 2017-02-07 18:39||   2017-02-07 18:39|| Front Page Top

#10 That was back when the Federal Reserve would actually print money rather than just punch some numbers in the magic money tree a computer to create it.
Posted by Procopius2k 2017-02-07 21:55||   2017-02-07 21:55|| Front Page Top

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