tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post6543138240790286162..comments2024-03-29T08:09:40.730-04:00Comments on Borepatch: F-35 news roundupBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-52125814395291238402019-06-20T23:04:07.095-04:002019-06-20T23:04:07.095-04:00F-35 has MAJOR problems across ALL variants...F-35 has MAJOR problems across ALL variants...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-60793134468102562202019-06-20T21:42:19.599-04:002019-06-20T21:42:19.599-04:00Given the state of the mass media and the average ...Given the state of the mass media and the average journalist - I'd only believe the pilot himself. <br /><br />Having said that I am personally convinced that the F22 is the real champ that needs to be put into play.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-52356127451003649922019-06-20T20:40:17.161-04:002019-06-20T20:40:17.161-04:00Waitwaitwait:
You mean all those F-35 pilots hand...Waitwaitwait:<br /><br />You mean all those F-35 pilots hand-picked by the Air Farce to tell us how great ("Better than sex!") it is might have been...<i>testi-lying</i>???<br /><br />https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/400x/63594749/im-completely-surprised-this-is-my-shocked-face.jpg<br /><br />Hey, HBO, I feel a sequel to "<i>Pentagon Wars</i>", with a self-writing script, could be sitting in your inbox about now.<br />Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-92028087110085894212019-06-20T15:24:53.666-04:002019-06-20T15:24:53.666-04:00Those sound like relatively minor problems. As I u...Those sound like relatively minor problems. As I understand it, the situation is much worse. Consider that the F-35 is around 10 years old - and it's readiness rate is still terrible. That means that there are major, not minor, problems.<br /><br />Publicly, the readiness rate is "under 50%", which would be awful for a plane that ought to be mature by now. Scuttlebutt has readiness under 20% - if true, that's disastrous.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003252319153247844noreply@blogger.com