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Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by bdamm on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:05AM (#20175565)
It’s not like F-35 is the first at anything. I bet you can’t name one thing it is that hasn’t been done before.
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Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by manfredo on Thursday June 13, 2019 @02:20PM (#20177360)
I think the F-35 is the first stealth VTOL fighter-bomber. F-22 was just a fighter and wasn't VTOL (and was similarly expensive). Harrier did VTOL but isn't stealthy and only carried IR missiles until recently. B-2 and F-117 are stealthy but are neither fighters nor VTOL.
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Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by lmm on Thursday June 13, 2019 @12:37PM (#20176491)
Done before in a lab, sure. For a service aircraft the full-VR helmet and the lift fan are new, and while the B-2 is reportedly "compatible" with the F-35 data link functionality I can't find anything claiming clearly that that means it's been validated in the field.
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