Posted on Sep 23, 2016
F-35A Catches Fire at Mountain Home Air Force Base | Defense News
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F-35A Catches Fire at Mountain Home Air Force Base | Defense News
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Remember the movie SGT. Bilko? Remember the hover tank that did not work unless you were part of his squad who had to fool the Congressmen and the brass. This is what comes to mind. Long live the A-10!
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Cpl George Crab
I see them almost every day, overflying my town. I hope that the aging airframes don't start disintegrating, 'though. I do not need the titanium bathtub falling onto my yard!
On second thought, I DO need to replace the bathtub in my house ...
On second thought, I DO need to replace the bathtub in my house ...
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I can stop thinking about how many more planes could have been bought with the amount of money that has been poured into all these high tech toys. WE could have got 10 F-16 for each one of them. Old technology, but they can be upgraded as Japan is doing. We won WW2 by overwhelming the Germans, not by having the best equipment.
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CPT Jack Durish
...and let's not get started on pay and benefits for service members that could be budgeted except for this boondoggle
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Cpl George Crab
I have heard that the Tesla car manufacturing plant is installing their automatic driving things into the new F35s. So, what could possibly go wrong?
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