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2014-07-11 Government

F-35 Fleet Still Grounded as DoD Reviews Safety Problems

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Posted by DarthVader 2014-07-11 12:38|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 And this POS replaces the A10 for Close Air Support? USAF can keep the F35, but give the a10s to the Army, Army Aviation.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-07-11 12:55|| 2014-07-11 12:55|| Front Page Top

#2 At an estimated unit cost of $85 million ( 2018 buy, 2020 delivery) this POS will make the A-12 Dorito look like a passed up bargain ( $84 million in 1991)
Still predicting this fiasco will either be canceled or early retirement as I cannot see how it will have any sort of reliability and/or maintainability, especially for the forward deployed arena.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-07-11 13:36|| 2014-07-11 13:36|| Front Page Top

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