Well of course the Navy Times is going to report positively about the program. Robbiecda, above, linked an article from F-16.net (which also reports news on the F-22 and F-35) that goes into detail about the issues currently faced by the "C" variant including the tail hook issues. It's quite an eye opener.
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The F-35 can fly... It just can't land on a carrier deck. Dead serious here too. It can't catch the cable because the hook is too close to the main landing gear. It'd be funny if they make this movie and the Navy variant gets canceled.
Not long.
Actually, Jeb seemed pretty upbeat about it on FB saying, "They are trying to cover up the bone so they can put a skin graft on it :) All I can really say is ouch :)."
Yea, but I'll heart ya. Stick with it, with posts like this one you'll get it one of these days.
Somebody get this man a star!
Follow the money. The RIAA and MPAA lobby more, therefore they are more important.
Exactly. There's non-destructive inspection procedures to keep an eye on these cracks. I fully agree with Airbus on this one and I work for their competitor.
The F-16 has been in service for three and a half decades and will continue to serve for another few decades. Current projections (from some friends in the F-16 program office at Hill AFB) push the retirement of the block 30 F-16's owned by the ANG to 2040, with major upgrades to the avionics to keep them current. …
...And, hearted. Well done sir.
O, so you've played around with an ICS device already?
Why not turn the whole phone off while on a camping trip?
They are certainly the only ones that could afford to use flexible OLED displays in the cool ways we would want to use them now.
So very true, and there is no way that we'd ever let them get there hands on spares. All Tomcats on display have been structurally weakened and we made sure to tell Australia to keep the F-111 engine parts on lockdown since it's the same engine used in the F-14.
Not quite. They have stopped ordering new F-22s. And rightfully so, warfare has changed and they are just too expensive. But it doesn't mean that they will be scrapped. They will continue to support the aircraft that have been built for decades to come.
Serantos is right to an extent. Certain parts in the avionics package know when they are deteriorating and will automatically make write-ups in the electronic aircraft forms. Our legacy fighters will give you MFLs (maintenance fault listings) that can point you in the right direction, but a lot of times they are…
iOS 4.0 absolutely destroyed my iPhone 3G, whereas every firmware update I've done to my DX has improved performance.
"They're reportedly large enough to fit a store a carry-on bag from each of the plane's passengers," should be "They're reportedly large enough to store a carry-on bag from each of the plane's passengers."
Don't forget about the F-14s we sold to Iran!