this opinion is bad and wrong. Anything under 500 miles is better by train.

Combat radius of a harrier is 300 miles, the F-35B is 469. Not including drop tanks and aerial refueling. So let me know when you get actual facts.

drop tanks and mid air refuel. Even without those the F-35B has longer legs than a harrier.

They work. Stop reading old news.

Shit source.

Would have been just as worthless as the F-14.

It’s much better since it has 360 degrees of cameras and sensors. It can see an F-16 hundreds of miles away and fire missiles at it from a fucking ship 500 miles away.

Nope, it didn’t. The F-35A has a center-line fuel tank there. Like every other jet. Get over it, your have no idea how jets work or are designed.

Who cares when 3 unique planes would cost 2-3 times as much as the f-35 and have 3 different sets of logistics, training, repair certifications etc.

wrong

No, it wasn’t. The airframe was barely modified to fit the lift fan in.

either you are wrong or congress, pentagon, the airforce and the CBO is wrong. I’m willing to bet you are wrong.

A former f-16 pilot, now F-35 pilot himself said it wasn’t an issue. I don’t know what else to tell you, but I’ll take his word (he isn’t even a US airforce guy, but Norwegian) over yours.

You found an old ass article from 2015. Are you saying that congress is lying about the actual cost of what we are buying the engines for? The pentagon, airforce and congress are all lying about it? And that you know more because of some old article from off brand sources?

Not per F-16 pilots that are now flying the F-35.

F-35 has better payload, better range, higher angle of attack, faster when carrying a full payload, better situational awareness, stealth, better BVR combat and AESA.

Wow this is completely out of touch. There’s already over 200 F-35s built and delivered. Being flown all around the world. What are you even ranting about? Some bullshit from 2 years ago?

April 28, 2015

They are already better than the jets they are replacing. That’s well known, and it’s why the countries that have already accepted delivery have ordered more.

The F-35A is coming in at about 100 mill and is being revised down to 80 mill by 2018. How is that not affordable? That’s cheaper than 4.5 gen jets.

Direct quote from a pilot.

The rear vision of every pilot is blocked, that’s why older jets have mirrors and the F-35 has cameras. The frame was bulked up not because of the lift fan but because the large internal fuel tanks and ordinance.