Posted on Dec 24, 2018
Taiwan Just Dumped the F-35 for the F-16V. Here's Why.
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Nationalist China has to confront its bully Big Brother.
Taiwan Just Dumped the F-35 for the F-16V. Here's Why.
Posted from nationalinterest.org
Taiwan
Defense
11FX: Fighter Pilot
F-35
Common sense
Posted 6 y ago
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The F-35 is a hanger queen. Even the US Air Force is buying the F-15x in fy 2019.
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Yes, but it may not be the choice of the Air Force. They can keep the B-52 flying for a hundred years but they can't keep the A-10 Warthog flying for another 20!
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
LTC (Join to see) Apples vs Oranges. Bomber mission will never go away, CAS mission the AF never really wanted in the first place.
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SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Does the USAF get to tell what their mission will be? I bet Marines conducting amphib operations like not getting their boots wet. There is more than a few on here, who know we do not get to pick missions. Do other branch of services have choices in missions? Never heard it from other branches.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint No AF doesn't get to choose, just like the other branches don't. However level of enthusiasm in supporting a mission they don't particularly care for is also common in all branches.
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The parallel I see in the F-35 and Tiger II tanks is they were expensive to make and the production rate was inferior to allied tanks. Taiwan is putting its bets on legacy aircraft.
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