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Old 2nd Jul 2019, 09:25
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More fuel, but a bigger wing and more drag, ending up with a much longer transonic acceleration, lower thrust to weight ratio and no greater range than the F-35A. That’s before you add in that it won’t benefit from the proposed conformal tanks etc being looked at by LM for the F-35A.

Thats before you consider the total planned production run of the F-35C is about 320, assuming the USN doesn’t cut its order, as opposed to several thousand planned F-35As, meaning the cost of spares and support will be even more eye watering than the A or B.
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