Politics And Fighter Planes
Listen my dear friends across the SEA. The history of the Royal Navy and flying is an important one. Ours here in the USA too.
Remembert the F111A/B? Our politicians thought ONE plane could do the job for both the USAF and the USN. BIG MISTAKE. Whille the F4 phantom was such a plane, it started with the NAVY and just happened to be great (in its own way) and later came to the USAF.
The F22 is a heckuva plane...but our moron in chief (obama) is happy to cut them back (ok sure they have a few bugs...but new planes have teething problems) and go with the F35. And it turns out the F35 is damn expensive too.
A couple of years ago, obama said the F22 was too slow. OF course he doesn't understand that if you have stealthy air intakes, the plane goes slower...what would you rather have , a plane that goes 1800mph, but shows up on RADAR or one that goes 1400mph and can sneak up on the enemy?
ALL I mean is that it is a damn shame to have people that know NOTHING aboutp planes or military history making airplane purchasing decisions.
IF OBAMA were president in the days just before WW2, we would have a fleet of B18 BOLO bombers instead of the B17 Flying Fortress...and you couldn't reach Berlin with a bolo!
Time for those who know planes, to straighten things out.
hands across the sea!