I've never seen a denser pile of misinformation in my entire life. 1.5 trillion includes the maintenance cost distributed over half a century or longer. If the

I've never seen a denser pile of misinformation in my entire life. 1.5 trillion includes the maintenance cost distributed over half a century or longer. If the air force, marines or navy decide to order less planes then that cost will go down significantly. [1] "Beast mode" doesn't exist? What kind of trash are you talking about? The F-35 can obviously mount weapons externally at the cost of losing stealth (bombers don't need stealth so this is not a problem). [1] [2] The ejection mechanism on any fighter jet is dangerous to the pilot and only used a last resort to avoid death. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lockheed-fighter/exclusive-u-s-sees-lifetime-cost-of-f-35-fighter-at-1-45-trillion-idUSBRE82S03L20120329 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lockheed-fighter/exclusiv... [2] http://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/1246350/external-pylon-training-increases-f-35a-weapons-payload-capability/ http://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/1246350/external-pylon... [3] https://theaviationist.com/2015/01/16/f-35-weapons-suite https://theaviationist.com/2015/01/16/f-35-weapons-suite