Originally Posted by
George K Lee
The critics may not have won the day - which may hardly be surprising when you start to think about what the pro-F-35 side has spent on lobbying, marketing, advertising,
PR , trade shows &c - but it's a bit harder to overcome the realities of engineering, physics and economics.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...sts-aren-t-cut
This from the largest F-35 customer and (at this point) the organization with the largest F-35 force. Don't forget they already cut their peak planned rate by 25%, pushing the final deliveries into 2044. It does rather seem as if the more they see of the airplane the less they like it - and in the Bloomberg story, the Brits appear to be getting a bit jumpy too.
George...still trying hard. The title of the thread needs revising, as does the veracity/relevance of your posts.
The aircraft has been selected by a number of countries, all of whom have studied, one assumes, with fairly critical eyes, and knowledge.
It is a cutting edge weapon system, and as such, has continued to go ahead whatever you personally have thought, think, or say.
As for the people on the ‘front line’ or as near to one of them.
But then I know nothing...a Captain in the USAF flying one possibly might have a tad more grounds for appearing a... ‘fan-boy’ was it?