Originally Posted by
melmothtw
Airbus will certainly be hoping so - the F-35 has won every tender for which it has competed.
I predict a lot of buyers remorse when the realty of owning an airplane that is so expense to operate even the USAF and USN is cutting back F 35 orders in favor of F 15's and F 18's ; sets in......
In any case the USAF made a huge mistake by not doing a follow on order for more C 17's to keep the production line going.