RAFEngO74to09,
"In service"? Three years before likely IOC? And all that
PR bollocks by McCain and the heads of LM? Even by this thread's standards, this has got to be a new low.
Some wonderful lines in the first vid:
Yet another milestone
The very best fighter in the world today
Very committed to our customer and to out international partners around the world
...to deliver these airplanes on schedule and on budget
Well we should all believe that old tripe. And great news regarding the unit cost from The Telegraph yesterday:
Lockheed Martin would not give details of the cost of each aircraft until the contract is finalised
Let's hope the UK signs up to that deal!