F-35 Delayed After Fourth Prototype Becomes Self-Aware And Has To Be Destroyed

[kingjason14]

Stephan Hawking and Elon Musk are now against this God awful F-35:
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking warn over 'killer robots' - Jul. 28, 2015

[CharlieC]

This article has a summary of the case against the F-35 - http://nsnetwork.org/cms/assets/uplo...F-35_FINAL.pdf.
Seems to be well argued and pretty scary if you're a pilot scheduled for F-35 conversion training. The comments about the capabilities of long range IR detection should make even the most fanatical of stealth proponents stop and think.

Regards,

Charlie

[Dartlynx]

For the UK carriers a navalised Typhoon would have been perfect and awesome - now there's a modellers challenge...a Typhoon in RN colours..alas I have no design skills!!

[sharunas]

Originally Posted by CharlieC

This article has a summary of the case against the F-35 - http://nsnetwork.org/cms/assets/uplo...F-35_FINAL.pdf.
Seems to be well argued and pretty scary if you're a pilot scheduled for F-35 conversion training. The comments about the capabilities of long range IR detection should make even the most fanatical of stealth proponents stop and think.

Regards,

Charlie

Reference 7
“The Sustained Turning Performance of the F-35A Lightning II was recently disclosed as 4.95 G at Mach 0.8 and 15,000 ft. ....” Air Power Australia. Available at:
Air Combat: Russia?s PAK-FA versus the F-22 and F-35.

Of course, "AirPowerAustralia" the most furious critics of Nato 5-th gen fighters. Lets read the article. Still reference initial source regarding 4.95G - none. So reference to reference without reference?

14 See: “Test Pilot Admist the F-35 Can’t Dogfight.” War is Boring. Last modified June 29, 2015. Available at: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/tes...ht-cdb9d11a875

Lets read the article:
“The F-35 was at a distinct energy disadvantage,” the unnamed pilot wrote in a scathing five-page brief that War Is Boring has obtained. The brief is unclassified but is labeled “for official use only.”
Does it sound seriously?

And that's only a few samples. As a result a report based on mainly on a bloggers opinions?

[willygoat]

An article I read last month in a credible military aviation magazine said about the same G rating for a sustained turn. Of course, they plan to improve it as the engine restrictions are lifted further still. But, it will still be at a great energy disadvantage compared to not only its contemporaries in other countries, but to the planes it is designed to replace!

[murphyaa]

In related news:

Lockheed Upbeat Despite F-35 Losing Dogfight To Red Baron

[paperengineer]

Let's just equip every branch of the military with fokker dr.1's then! I'd rather have it as my fast fighter jet than something worse!

[CharlieC]

Slightly more serious is the proposed comparison testing of the F-35 vs A-10 Warthog in the close air support role (CAS). Should be interesting.

To Prove Its CAS Capabilities, F-35 To Face Off Against A-10

Regards,

Charlie

[Karl]

Originally Posted by murphyaa

In related news:

Lockheed Upbeat Despite F-35 Losing Dogfight To Red Baron

And the funniest line in that article is....
Lockheed officials have separately downplayed reports that the same F-35, flown by the same pilot, previously lost mock dogfights with the Goodyear Blimp and a beagle on a flying doghouse.

[Paper Kosmonaut]

Aaaaaand the 'next phase' of the F-35 has been mentioned!
Pentagon requests 500 gold plated F-35s
Now finally, that is the first good idea I've heard about improving that chubby underachieving flying lemon (-;