American general admits the 'F-35' is actually 3 different fighter jets

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http://theweek.com/articles/612658/american-general-admits-f35-actually-3-different-fighter-jets



American general admits the 'F-35' is actually 3 different fighter jets
David Axe
March 22, 2016

The whole idea behind the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was for it to be, you know, joint. That is to say, the same basic plane would work for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and foreign countries.

Lockheed Martin is designing the F-35 to meet all the requirements of all three U.S. military branches from the outset, with — in theory — only minor differences between the Air Force's F-35A, the Marines' F-35B, and the Navy's F-35C.

The variants were supposed to be 70-percent common. But Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, head of the JSF program office, told a seminar audience on Feb. 10 that the three F-35 models are only 20- to 25-percent common, mainly in their cockpits.

In other words, the F-35 is actually three different warplanes. The F-35, F-36, and F-37.

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1. And NONE of them work.

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2. It is actually zero fighter jets. nt

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3. The airframes and landing gear

on the Navy versions have to be beefed up considerably to be able to take the abuse of carrier landings.