Originally Posted by
Obi Wan Russell
Well there's 9 of them in Norfolk...
Many, if not all, of the F35 proponents on this forum were unequivocal in their belief that these "aircraft" would be on operations soon, if not immediately, after delivery.
Some of us pointed out that all they would be doing is circuits, not that there's much choice in the matter
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..If it looks like a turd, flies like a turd, performs like a turd....etc
...If you think about it, and in
no way belittling the dangers to crews/support on ops, you won't get much closer to shooting ducks in a barrel that exterminating IS from the air just now, compared to some of the more
challenging scenarios...so what's stopping the RAF F35's from stepping up?
Well ?