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Buggy? It barely works. Short flight time. Crap wing loading. Not good at any of it's multi-roles. We could build 5-10 F-16s for each F-35, and many more A-10s
by bfieidhbrjr 6y ago
Buggy? It barely works. Short flight time. Crap wing loading. Not good at any of it's multi-roles.
We could build 5-10 F-16s for each F-35, and many more A-10s, and they'd be better despite being ancient designs.
They're so expensive we can't even do proper flight training in them, it'd cost too much if we break one.
- dogma1138 6y agoThe Israeli's seem to be happy with it, use it in combat and are buying more.
- bfieidhbrjr 6y agoThey don't pay for them. It's where all the "aid" money goes.
- dogma1138 6y agoThey do, even if it's partially done via aid money. And again they could buy multiple F-16's for the price of a single F-35 through the same aid program.
- mhh__ 6y ago> 5-10 F-16s The new F-16V costs as near as makes no difference the cost of an F-35
- strictnein 6y ago> "Crap wing loading" Yes, why does this super stealthy plane not have support for lots of reflecting metal things hanging from its wings?
- NickNameNick 6y ago'Wing loading' is the ratio of overall weight to lifting area, which directly affects the aircrafts ability to turn. It has nothing to do with hanging stuff from the wings.