Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

[Suhiir]

As to the F-35 replacing the A-10 ... not really. But the upper brass in the USAF never wanted the A-10 to start with and has been trying to get rid of it for years. They see the F-35 as their big chance. In spite of nay-sayers the F-35 won't be any worse then the F-16 in the ground support role, and probably better as it carries a larger payload. While the 30mm gat on the A-10 is nice it's hardly the super weapons some folks try to make it out to be. What the F-35 primarily lacks is the loiter time the A-10 has, and that matters a lot in ground support.

I use to chuckle when the USAF kept claiming it could win wars with bombs alone, these days I just roll my eyes.

[IronDuke99]

Originally Posted by Suhiir

I use to chuckle when the USAF kept claiming it could win wars with bombs alone, these days I just roll my eyes.

Lol. Indeed.

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

I found this to be a very useful multi-sourced article (Bloomberg & JANES etc.) on the F-35 issue with some video and multiple pictures (Click for additional ones as indicated.) included. It does an excellent job of bring context to the issue and brought a couple that you might not be aware such as the ejection seat for instance. Anyway hope you find it useful...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ime-money.html

Bonus... Some good video of latest Russian aircraft.
https://theaviationist.com/2016/08/2...combat-planes/

Russia's A-10...
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/...ing-tank-17499

Provided by http://www.combataircraft.com a site I've been using for awhile now.

Regards,
Pat

[IronDuke99]

The F35 seems to have been under development for ever (over 15 years certainly) and they only recently found out that ejecting from it is highly dangerous?

Since UK built her new aircraft carriers as STOVL ships, stupidly in my view, she is sadly totally locked into the bloody F35B, so we must hope they get this very expensive aircraft to work properly...