US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet

Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet by kilolima on Monday September 18, 2023 @01:16PM (#37558990)

As long as the Air Farce runs CAS, instead of the army, they will continue to attempt to kill any mission that doesn't involve winning wars through the holy doctrine of Air Power (ie incinerating as many civilians as possible).

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Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet by dralley on Monday September 18, 2023 @04:35PM (#37561646)

...Is this supposed to be a defence of the A-10?

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Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet by kilolima on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:10PM (#37565210)

Not really, but I think the A-10 drama is an example of what can happen when an organization that doesn't share your own goals is able to take over a task critical to you. Perhaps like outsourcing your engineering offshore. It may be more efficient to find cheap labor overseas, and push a button from 30,000 ft while going mach 2, but efficiency only makes a few people happy.

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Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet by dralley on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @12:19AM (#37565558)

My point is that if you hold incinerating civilians (and friendly troops) to be a bad thing, then the A-10 is a strange platform to idealize.

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Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet by dogman144 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @11:57AM (#37599580)

This is the gist of the issue

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