GreatbigHippo wrote:
The A-10 isn't being replaced. At least not yet. Some politicians proposed replacing it with the F-35, but then pretty much everybody said it was an awful idea, so they didn't.oceanhawk wrote:
The F-35 is the reason, Russia will rule the skies in a few years. So many nations, have also gotten infected with this disease, at least the French and Germany's will keep European skies, somewhat protected.
Another reason, why the F-35 is absolutly, stupid and awful, is because it is replacing the A-10(What a beast) in the role of ground support, the F-35 can only last about an hour If lucky, on combat patrol, compared to the A-10 which can last about 7 hours, on combat patrol,
Another issue with the F-35, is get this for every one hour of flight, it needs 100 HOUR'S MAINTENANCE!
The plane its self, cant even take in fuel that is "warm"
The plane cant take Sidewinders, and because of it carrying the payload internally, it really has small load.
Here is the Kicker, The Defense Department's annual weapons testing report reveals that the military actually adjusted the performance specifications for the consistently-underperforming line of F-35 fighter jets. In other words, they couldn't get the jets to do what they were supposed to do, so they just changed what they were supposed to do...
The program announced an intention to change performance specifications for the F-35A, reducing turn performance from 5.3 to 4.6 sustained g’s and extending the time for acceleration from 0.8 Mach to 1.2 Mach by eight seconds
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