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Where's the quote from the Air Force saying the F-35 failed? There is none. As far as I can tell this article is just misrepresenting a quote to push a narrativ
by zests 6y ago
Where's the quote from the Air Force saying the F-35 failed? There is none. As far as I can tell this article is just misrepresenting a quote to push a narrative.
- Maximus9000 6y agoI cannot find any other sources on this topic.
- greedo 6y agoDavid Axe (the Forbes author) has been gunning for this aircraft for years. This article is junk.
- merpnderp 6y agoI took his quotes about how the F-35 is now a high end boutique plane instead of the replacement for everything. The Air Force changed the F-35's designation, which the author takes as a tacit admission of failure. How else would you read the Air Force's statement? "That plane that was supposed to replace all our planes will only replace a few of our planes. We need a new plane to replace all the rest."
- greedo 6y agoShocked that a project that started out in 1993 would change goals? That requirements would change as both the political/military environment as well as technology changed? It's like saying the B-1 bomber was a failure because we're sending them to the boneyard. And this is not to mention that the Air Force ALWAYS wants something new and shiny.
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- peeters 6y agoIt's an inference. The author is saying that because the Air Force is pursuing a new plane with the same fundamental goals that launched the F-35 program, then the F-35 evidently failed to deliver. He's saying they're really just asking for a do-over. > Instead of ordering fresh F-16s, he said, the Air Force should initiate a “clean-sheet design” for a new low-end fighter. Brown’s comments are a tacit admission that the F-35 has failed. (Emphasis mine. Tacit means "implied without being stated".)