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Not sure who bills it as "fighter jet to replace all fighter jets" but that's certainly not what the Operational Requirements Document for F-35 says.
by euler_angles 6y ago
Not sure who bills it as "fighter jet to replace all fighter jets" but that's certainly not what the Operational Requirements Document for F-35 says.
- syshum 6y agoNot in those words no, but yes the operational requirement of the F-35 was soo vast is was to be the Joint Strike Fighter to fill all the roles for all the branches of military It was to replace almost all of the jetfighter platforms from the A-10 to the F15 and to replace some of the bomber platforms
- euler_angles 6y agoThe F-35 is to replace some F-15Cs, the legacy Hornet (F-18 A/B/C/D) and the A-10. The F-15Cs are all pushing 40, Hornets are 30+ and because they're used by the Navy they're used hard, the A-10 is totally obsolete, and no bomber is being replaced by the F-35.