Thanks for the article Don!
via AviationIntel.
I have gotten a ton of email with various articles attached talking about how plans are in the works to retire a whole slew of “legacy” (ie front line) aircraft types in a desperate attempt to protect the most flawed weapons procurement concept in modern history- the F-35 Lightning.Go to AviationIntel to read the rest.
So far strong rumors are being passed around and even touted stating that the USAF will work to can the A-10, KC-10 and B-1 fleet so that “key procurement programs” can be protected. Even the F-15C community has been said to be vulnerable to meat cleaver cuts for the USAF’s FY2014 budget. At what point to the Generals and Civil Servants that have a major say over decisions like this just cease to have any credibility? If even a portion of these across the board fleet retirements are true than they are actually mortgaging America’s national security on a machine that has so far been nothing short of a disaster and whose central concept is now almost totally out of date and based on technology “choices” of the late 1990s. This is so stunningly stupid and offensive to the tax payer that it is actually personal.
The USMC and USAF are in a deadly partnership and jumping off the bridge together. The Marines because leadership wants next gen STOVL so badly and the USAF because they lust after an all stealth force.
I'll enjoy watching everyone involved perp walked into a federal detention center.
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ReplyDeleteToo big to fail, the F35 supporters will continue to support it regardless of what it costs. There gets to a point where no matter how good a system is it is just to expensive, it costs too much and too many things have to be sacrificed to pay for it. The F35 is at that point, I mean seriously a quarter of a trillion dollars per unit procurement costs without spares.... Wait till countries start receiving bills for parts and service fees...
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know the new price tag for an F-35 Lightning II compared to the price tag for an F-22 Raptor? Thanks
ReplyDeleteGiven the F-22's production line was shut down, I'm going to guess it's not as favorable as you want it to be.
DeleteYou also should consider the F-22 is supposedly very expensive to maintain.