Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.
 

Portugal has apparently backed out from a potential F-35 buy per news on Twitter -- breaking in the last hour -- nothing had been officially signed up to this point, so there are no cancellation costs.

Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.
 

They are NOT likely to be the only ones.

Portugal's dropping out will now mean everyone else's cost for their F-35 fighters for a single fighter has just increased by millions of dollars more considering the cost of each is in the 90 million dollars per unit price point.

The GAO and DOGE "Boss" Elon Musk have been pointing out that with all the groundings (+Crashes), production delays, technical delays, at least three different engine replacements etc. etc. have made not so much a "rabbit hole" as to be instead several "rabbit holes" all at the same time.

Our Maintenace costs alone for the "fleet" we have now will be at least 2 TRILLION Dollars.

With Musks feelings about F-35 (Google it.) and with further countries possibly still to drop out it won't take long for DOGE too go HMmm!?!. They are already looking at the DOD.

We await the outcome.

This is a good article that's up to date thus far on the situation. The video is worth a look as well on the differences of each F-35.
https://reason.com/2025/03/17/allies...st-2-trillion/

And who won the "Battle in the West"? Though redacted there's enough there to surmise it was the A-10 even though no Forward Observers from the USA, USAF or USMC were allowed to be there for the full competition or not at all. That for another time.

Regards,
Pat
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Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.
 

The following is a very difficult maneuver at best given the size of the plane and that it is propeller driven as well.

The maneuver is called a "120-Degree Wingover" also the "stroboscopic effect" (Wagon Wheel) of the props are fairly interesting as well.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...7371478d&ei=34

Pump up the volume!!

Something a little different for a change. Enjoy!

Regards,
Pat
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