Originally posted by Lone_Wolf:
It is worth noting that said rep was an A-10 pilot her own self. Objectivity may be in doubt.
Objectivity isn't in doubt, but the BS that has been emanating from the DoD leaders as to the F-35's capability/survivability is in doubt. I didn't quite hear Mr. Gilmore mention this:
Other live-fire test shots into the propulsion system revealed that “sustained fires were created in the shot into the variable area vane box nozzle due to leakage in the actuating hydraulics, and the shot into the roll duct nozzle door due to damage to the adjacent fuel tank. These fires would ultimately have led to cascading structural damage.”
Just let a knowledgable person such as Martha McSally ask the right questions.
We have spent and continue to spend an ungodly amount of money on the Marine version of the F-35 which doesn't have the CAS or survival capability of the A-10. So what role does it really have? What role will it have? The DoD now has an unlimited credit card, having run out of blank checks…