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F-35 Flight Test, Progress Reports
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] F-35 program continues to build on its 2011 flight test success. For 2012, the baseline F-35 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) flight test plan calls for the accumulation of 1,001 test flights and 7,873 test points. However, growth in test point requirements throughout the year is anticipated, and the plan will be adjusted as needed. (www.prnewswire.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I hope the F35 works out, otherwise it's just another billion dollar boondoggle. The USAF is ditching their ugly step-child, the A-10 Warthog, in order to fund the F-35. I guess they have yet to learn the CAS lessons of WW II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or the War in Afghanistan.
You would think they would have learned from the first war in Irag.Those guys flew 12+ hours a day.Who or what is going to take up the slack.F-15 ef's and Super Hornets with smart weapons.Shells are surely cheaper than smart bombs.Plus on top of that so would operating cost per hour.Gotta love the A-10, even if it is ugly.
Is the price up to a Billion Dollars each yet?
I Agree w/MikeS, When I Explained to my nephews , who are in the military, (I learned first hand, fueling the the radar station on Monkey Mtn, RVN, & the Philco-Ford reps getting 1500/wk), Why the NY Giants got a parade and returning Vets from Iraq & Afganistan did not,....Capitalism vs Patriotism, you can look it up.....
Amen
Money makes the Monkey Dance
Meanwhile, the production of the "B" for the USMC has been cut back to 4 per year! How long will that take to replace their wore out Harriers that are flying on used parts from the UK?