The F35 will be cancelled before 500 planes are made (prediction by Pierre Sprey)

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Lockheed Martin Says Protracted F-35 Contract Talks Weigh on Cash

 

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More protest troubles for $141M F-35 contract

 

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Lockheed Martin managed to disclose all the issues with its F-35 in one simple sentence

 

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F-35 targeting system laser will be 'almost impossible' to use in UK

 

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Budget contractions have resulted in the current Air Force’s dubious honor of being the smallest and oldest in its history, fielding only 1,141 operational fighters as F-15/F-16 retirements outpace F-35 production.

 

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Air Force Touts Combat-Ready F-35 As 'Deterrent To Adversaries'

 

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The Autonomic Logistics Information System requires a connection to a server, something that may not be available everywhere the F-35 could be deployed. Even in places where a connection is available, loss of electricity from weather or damage could take the F-35’s system offline.

In addition, F-35s route all their data through a single system, with no backup. If that system fails, the entire F-35 fleet could go offline.

 

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The Military Has A Flight-Readiness Problem That’s Not Going Away

 

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If you kill the tankers you kill the F-35s

 

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If Congress and the nation's top military leadership are forced to make substantial budget cuts in lieu of automatic cuts, the biggest target most likely would be the Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighter

 

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http://www.businessinsider.com/why-f-35-worth-every-penny-heritage-foundation-2016-8

"Only the pilots who have flown the fighter actually know how well the Air Force version of the F-35 can perform, and the 31 who were surveyed for this paper expressed a high degree of confidence in this extraordinary fighter," wrote the report's author, John Venable, a senior research fellow for defense policy and a retired US Air Force Thunderbird commander.

His findings: Pilots prefer the F-35.

 

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His findings: Pilots prefer the F-35.

F-35 Ejection Seat Fix Delayed to 2018; Pilot Restrictions Continue

Fatal design flaw in F-35 ejection seat guarantees there will be no co-ed volleyball in upcoming Top Gun sequel

Pilots who eject from new $350billion stealth fighter 'will break their necks' in chilling echo of Top Gun scene

F-35 Ejection Could Snap a Pilot's Neck in an Emergency

F-35 Fatal Ejection Fear Riles Congress

F35 Ejector seat trials

 

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F-35 Ejection Seat Fix Delayed to 2018; Pilot Restrictions Continue

Fatal design flaw in F-35 ejection seat guarantees there will be no co-ed volleyball in upcoming Top Gun sequel

Pilots who eject from new $350billion stealth fighter 'will break their necks' in chilling echo of Top Gun scene

F-35 Ejection Could Snap a Pilot's Neck in an Emergency

F-35 Fatal Ejection Fear Riles Congress

F35 Ejector seat trials

Your mission to derail the F-35 is failing.

 

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For more than 20 years—since 1993—some observers have predicted a “train wreck” in DOD’s tactical aviation programs. These observers see too many aircraft competing for too few dollars.
In March 2005, for example, Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee Chairman Representative Curt Weldon began a hearing by observing that tactical aviation is “in the midst of a massive train wreck financially.” Representative Weldon noted that the costs of the F-22 and JSF had increased by “well over 100” and 80% respectively, and one impact of these increases was reduced aircraft purchases.

 

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Congress fears a "tactical aircraft train-wreck": a situation in which increasing expenditures on the F-22, the US Navy's (USN's) F/A-18E/F and the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) reach a point where it is impossible to retain all three programs. (1997)