House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said today it is time for Congress and the Pentagon to begin a debate to "cut our losses" on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

Behind a paywall here.

Ya know the writing has been on the wall for a long time now.

*  APA Australia all laid it out for us but no one was willing to listen...well they listened to propaganda not fact.

*  We all knew Amos was a certified liar but everyone covered their eyes and ears and went along with it.

*  The US Navy told us everything we needed to know by not climbing onboard this runaway freight train but we decided it was a service quirk.

*  The current Commandant basically told us that this bird is a turkey when all but said that the Marine Corps is cutting its buy.

We had all the evidence we needed but just like "true believers" facts must never get in the way of beliefs.

Commonsense should have been all that was needed to inform us.

20 years of development.

What was once cutting edge became common.

AESA?

Every swinging dick and ovary has it.

Sensor fusion?

Ditto.

There is nothing unique about this bird except for its stealth and threat countries have had 20 plus years to work on cracking it.

It's past time to bail but maybe we can still get out of this flaming pile before it wrecks us all.  Side Note.  Our friends in Australia knew this thing was a turkey along time ago...check out this article.  It's NOT from APA!!!