Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5230476-20131109065447/@comment-103.252.200.245-20151110042009

Nomad 4 7 wrote: I have to laugh everytime someone mentions the F-35 replacing any of the current legacy aircraft in the inventory...the F-35 is a POS and not capable of doing anything well...low weapons capacity, low surviveability.I'd like to see an F-35 fly minus a wing like and Isreali F-15 did in the 1980s when they collided mid air with an A-4 Skyhawk during a training mission....the F-15 landed safely and the pictures show the starboard wing completely ripped off at the fuselage... My sentiments exactly! The F-35 is a massive failure, even after $1.4 trillion spent on the program over 14 years and counting. It can't outrun, outmaneuver or outclimb a 4th-Gen F-16D in an air-to-air engagement. That is if it can successfully take off without catching fire, as a result of its flawed fueldraulic heat management system. What's more, the faulty onboard oxygen generator will kill the pilot without even getting into combat. I really hope that Singapore follows Canada to drop the F-35 as soon as possible, because pilots' lives and the kind of money involved are not worth the POS.