Melmoth
Well aware of Deptula's views, which reflect USAF policy when he was active. But as they say, where you stand depends on where you sit. If you think you're going to get 1763 F-35s, and keep all your F-22s (that is, your fleet of Lamborghini single-mission air-dominance fighters is bigger than most people's entire fighter force), and get a new stealth bomber and a new super cruise missile for those hard to reach places, and arm everything in sight with JASSMs, you probably don't need to worry about whether the F-35 does everything best, or whether it has limitations.
The rest of the world doesn't have that luxury. And to be brutally honest (and it's above Dave's pay grade as well as mine) the USAF doesn't either.
Last edited by LowObservable; 2nd Jul 2015 at 21:43.