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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by ansible on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:53AM (#11612498)
Eh, the F-22 is for land-based air superiority, and not much else. I don't think it is really want we want to use for CAS and other missions, nevermind doing things like land on a carrier.

I think we should have cancelled both the F-22 and F-35 programs, demand that the Air Force just fly F/A-18F Super Hornets (they would totally hate this), and put all that money into UCAVs instead.

Edit: grammar.

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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by PantaloonFlames on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:58AM (#11612533)
Yep, neither the F-22 nor the F-35 are the planes we need, it turns out.

Unwinding the F-35, with all the international commitments and arms deals, is gonna be very messy. Yet necessary.

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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by arethuza on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:18PM (#11612764)
On the subject of messy international things - the UK is building large carriers without CATOBAR specifically for the F-35B!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_aircraft...

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