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Thanks for your anwser.It is allways good to hear bought sides of the question.
But:
«Nope, not the aircraft. If the DoD wanted to field the first several hundred with only dumb bomb and Sidewinder capability and little else, they could have done it just as fast as the F-16»
These where the basic weapons of choice of the USAF in the early 1980s.The F-35 will have the IOC with the AMRAAM,JDAM and Paveway only...todays basic weapons that even a KAI FA-50 can use...nothing cosmic.Its actually a very similar situation to the early F-16A but 33 years later.
Also notice that the Viper beat the Jaguar and the F-111 in that competition...and scored a record...seven year after 1st flight...could the F-35 do this today vs the Eurofighter and the Strike Eagle?
Feb 26, 2014, 7:24:12 PM