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Boeing's proposal was horrible. LockMart at least made a fighter-bomber that could fight. The F-32 would have been fine in A2G, but in air to air would have mad

by greedo 8y ago

Boeing's proposal was horrible. LockMart at least made a fighter-bomber that could fight. The F-32 would have been fine in A2G, but in air to air would have made the F-35 look outstanding. Plus it had a hard time with ingesting hot gas exhaust.

rrggrr 8y ago
Didn't the F35 have the same issue, or was that the F22. I seem to recall pilots passing out for some reason a year or two ago.
- foldr 8y ago
  OP means an issue with the engine ingesting hot exhaust gas.
- greedo 8y ago
  The pilot safety issue was due to a failure in the on board oxygen generating system.
  - tabtab 8y ago
    Perhaps the jet procurement committee also lacked oxygen.
    - greedo 8y ago
      It's actually a common problem since the AF has been going away from old school oxygen tanks. The OBOGS (on board oxygen generating system) should be capable, but they're having problems with hypoxia.