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machoneman

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12. When a bunch of foreign countries bought the F-35, trained pilots, mechanics and more, it proves...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 10:30 AM

Mar 2021

...the aricraft works and works well. Keep in mind these same allies, 12 so far at a minimum, had and still have a lot of other excellent, modern and very capable fighters they could have bought.

They did not.

It proves to me the F-35 is a keeper.

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The F-35 may be unsalvageable [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 OP

Half-a-trillion dollars down the rathole already... regnaD kciN Mar 2021 #1

THIS. area51 Mar 2021 #10

How do you screw something up that badly? And Trump had nothing to do with it. rickyhall Mar 2021 #2

This is a hit piece. Mosby Mar 2021 #3

It is definitely a hit piece. VMA131Marine Mar 2021 #4

In the last week flotsam Mar 2021 #5

Dust off the F-22s. speak easy Mar 2021 #6

So the F-35 costs too much so get one that costs twice as much while doing less? EX500rider Mar 2021 #9

The F-35 is the sort of boondoggle speak easy Mar 2021 #7

They knew, going in, it wouldn't work. Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #8

I doubt the RAND study would work out in the real world. EX500rider Mar 2021 #11

What the reality shows supports RAND. Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #13

When a bunch of foreign countries bought the F-35, trained pilots, mechanics and more, it proves... machoneman Mar 2021 #12

"F-35 Hitmen Put U.S. And Partner Lives At Risk" EX500rider Mar 2021 #14