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minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 years agoUh yeah and that’s going pretty good
minus-squareEndlessApollo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down8·2 years agoPretty good at not working
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoIn what way? Versatile, current gen fighter, sought after by every western country
minus-squareEndlessApollo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoCopied and pasted from another comment F-35 Fighter Jet Problems Affect the Whole US Military Aircraft Fleet https://www.businessinsider.com/ongoing-f35-fighter-jet-problems-affect-whole-us-military-fleet-2023-1?amp F-35 Aircraft: DOD and the Military Services Need to Reassess the … https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105341 F-35 fighter jets ‘mission capable’ only 55% of the time, watchdog report finds https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-09-21/f35-jets-crash-repairs-11446626.html Not a Lot of F-35s Are Flying Right Now - Popular Mechanics https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a42912833/f-35-availability-problems/ Inside America’s Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/magazine/f35-joint-strike-fighter-program.html Yea no the f35 is complete ass, they’re cartoonishly overpriced for how often they break down
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 years agoHow do they stack up vs other same gen/same stealth models? Are foreign contracts drying up? Netherlands and many others are frothing for them.
minus-squareFades@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoexactly While the United States is the primary customer and financial backer, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Norway and Denmark agreed to contribute US$4.375 billion toward the development costs of the program. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II_procurement
Uh yeah and that’s going pretty good
Pretty good at not working
In what way? Versatile, current gen fighter, sought after by every western country
Copied and pasted from another comment
F-35 Fighter Jet Problems Affect the Whole US Military Aircraft Fleet https://www.businessinsider.com/ongoing-f35-fighter-jet-problems-affect-whole-us-military-fleet-2023-1?amp
F-35 Aircraft: DOD and the Military Services Need to Reassess the … https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105341 F-35 fighter jets ‘mission capable’ only 55% of the time, watchdog report finds https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-09-21/f35-jets-crash-repairs-11446626.html
Not a Lot of F-35s Are Flying Right Now - Popular Mechanics https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a42912833/f-35-availability-problems/
Inside America’s Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/magazine/f35-joint-strike-fighter-program.html
Yea no the f35 is complete ass, they’re cartoonishly overpriced for how often they break down
How do they stack up vs other same gen/same stealth models?
Are foreign contracts drying up? Netherlands and many others are frothing for them.
exactly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II_procurement