Well, the next comes from the realm of from some of us as "We told you so." concerning the
F-35 versus A-10C in the much-publicized competition back in
2018.
The funny thing was we only got "
cryptic" reports of the results.
Well, the following is indicating the USAF kept them for the most part quiet and didn't even write up the full results until
2022.
During this period attempts to get the results, several petitions filed under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) were filed.
The conclusions from the below were drawn from those documents though heavily redacted for National Security reasons.
What this does is just verify what a small handful here said in the beginning concerning these aircraft in the
CAS role from what little there was on the web at the time.
The video shows the
F-35 Fleet have just been cleared (
Again) to resume
normal operations (F-35B) and
IOC/OP Testing (F-35A/C).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...9539813&ei=108
The number have been cut again for this year to only 25-35 aircraft.
We've re-engine them 3 times. The biggest and still ongoing issue being the onboard logistics issues though that is slowly getting better and so many other issues to count.
We are stuck in a "
LOOP" that sees the few new jets coming off the line with the latest fixes and in some cases having to "
ground stop" the fleet to install the critical fixes on the existing jets.
Not a good way to run any program.
Regards,
Pat
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.
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