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Originally Posted by shahadi
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Originally Posted by Suhiir
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Originally Posted by shahadi
If the Marines were truly confident in the plane as the literature suggest, they should based that squafron of F-35Bs in Incirlik.
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Why?
It's hardly WW III and the aircraft is still undergoing operational testing and upgrades. Also chances are the maintenance is still primarily supervised by contractors and spare parts are virtually nonexistent.
There's a difference between being confident a weapons system will fulfill the role it's intended for and being fully operational. |
'Lt. Gen. Ronald Bailey, the Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for plans, policies and operations, told USNI News last month that “we intend to fully incorporate the F-35 into the [U.S. Pacific Command] area of operations.'” You may read the article here: https://news.usni.org/2017/01/10/fir...n-leaves-japan.
Sounds like Lt. Gen. Ronald Bailey, USMC is confident in the plane to perform it's operatinal role.
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Never under estimate the importance of 'politics' in military decisions. If the USMC are going to keep dedicated USMC air after Harrier they need F-35B. 'Seamlessly' running Harrier into F-35B makes the chances of having that kind of, important, air support cut far less likely.
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.
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