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America's Military Can’t Repair Its Own $1.7 Trillion Jet | Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go throu... (www.vice.com)
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America's Military Can’t Repair Its Own $1.7 Trillion Jet | Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go throu...::Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go through contractors.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It wasn't a good idea, but they not only made it work, it turned out to be better than expected (and I hated the thing).

We had a romance with the f14 from top gun and the f15 from other stuff, but we also learned that most of what they can do doesn't really matter at all.

It's like having the nicest, sharpest longsword and plate armor, when you're hunting a sniper armed with a 50cal.

If this thing sees you first (which it probably will, both because of stealth and excellent radar/EOTS), then it can probably kill you before you know it's there.

Short of a j20 or one of the handful of su57s there's nothing out there that really stands a chance head to head, or even 3:1 really.