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If the Military’s Future Stealth Jet Fails, the Navy’s Got a Backup Plan

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The U.S. Navy is carefully backing away from the troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program — and putting in place a backup plan in case the trillion-dollar, jack-of-all-trades stealth jet can’t recover from mounting technical and budgetary woes. So much for the F-35 being too big to fail. (www.wired.com) Daha Fazlası...

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ToddBaldwin3
ToddBaldwin3 3
So much for being an aviation board. I'm amazed at how we went from a story about the F-35 to flaming each other.
btweston
btweston 2
Cripes.
Avi8tor2
Avi8tor2 -1
And our wonderful "Obama'ment" is closing 149 of our much needed air traffic control towers....including the one here in my hometown which, I use nearly every single day. I just don't get it. Damn.
jshhmr
josh homer -1
Ummm.......you realize the Republicans created the sequester, right? How is this on Obama? Blame Boehner and his ilk. Stop watching propagandized corperate media for information.
Avi8tor2
Avi8tor2 0
Ummm....Josh....I am simply stating a fact, which it seems you may not be aware of all that is involved unless of course you are in politics as I am professionally. Please be careful with whom you give advice to...I am and have been a political science major for my entire life and I work in the "political arena" my friend. I do not watch television for the very statement you made...it's nothing more than "propagandized corperate media" (your spelling, not mine), so trust me...I KNOW what I'm talking about. If you'd like to have a battle of wits, please, step right up my friend. This time however, please have the proper political backing to your responses AND make sure to use your spell check. Just saying. ;-)
siriusloon
siriusloon 1
Oooo, a political science major all his life (well, so far, anyway) and is it a double minor in philosophy and theater, too? Or is it in basket-weaving? And you're still majoring in it? Are you a professional student?

Don't they teach you in political science class that other people, including from across the aisle, are entitled to their opinions, too, (and that includes you listening to them if you expect them to listen to yours) or that being a political science major all your life does not mean that you and you alone know the True Facts? After all, you yourself said that you "KNOW" what you're talking about. Shouting always verifies and enhances your credibility, right? Anyone who says "trust me" to prove their point shouldn't be trusted. Ditto for someone who says "my friend" as freely as you do.

How generous of you to only allow people with the "proper political backing" to respond to you. What are you afraid of, that an opposing viewpoint might sneak through the kevlar shield you have around your head to prevent facts from interfering with your rants?

If you don't watch television, how do you know it's "nothing more than propagandized corperate [sic] media". I choose not to watch "Dr Phil", but because of that, I have no idea if it's good or bad. Yet you don't watch any TV and you're an expert about how bad it is? That must save a lot of time.

How long did you spend dreaming up "Obama'ment" (assuming you didn't just steal it from someone smarter than you)? Did you agonize about whether to include the apostrophe or not? I wonder how you'd react to someone calling your most recent candidate's supporters Mittheads. After you figured out the joke, I mean. Would you dismiss it as childish to use his name in a made-up word? You know, like you did.

If you're going to sneer at someone else for their spelling, maybe you should take a second look at your own grammar and punctuation before posting your little hissy fit. Just sayin'.

By the way, next time you invite someone to "step right up" to a battle of wits, maybe you should try being witty yourself.
joelwiley
joel wiley -2
Pardon, but I am having trouble parsing the fact your are simply stating.

And our wonderful "Obama'ment" is closing 149 of our much needed air traffic control towers....including the one here in my hometown which, I use nearly every single day. I just don't get it. Damn.

Is your simply stated fact:
1. our wonderful "Obama'ment"
2. closing 149 of our c air traffic control tower
a. 'our' - do you have an ownership position in any/all of these towers?
b. 'much needed' - by whom, and by what criteria
3. including the one here in my hometown - stipulated that you have a hometown somewhere.
4. I use nearly every single day - if this is the 'stated fact', how do you use it almost daily?
5. I just don't get it. OK, if this is the fact you are simply stating, I will accept that.
6. Damn. Is that a fact?

Your statement: I am and have been a political science major for my entire life.
I have to take that with a grain of salt. To my understanding, a 'major' is a general course of study at the post secondary level of education. I find a bit of difficulty believing you were studying political science prior to Kindergarten.

I am interested in how you incorporate being in 'politics' 'professionally' and your being an ATP. Just curious :-)>
jshhmr
josh homer -3
Also, if you don't watch corperate media, how did you come to the conclusion to blame Obama? Really curious there, which is why I think you're full of it. There is only one truth, and you don't seem to have it. Only propaganda gets a person to say "Thanks to Obama" when facts prove otherwise. There are things like youtube that show whose fault your complaint lies on. In THEIR OWN WORDS! So again, prove me wrong captain politics lol.
jbird17
jbird17 -3
"Oh snap" quote from Barack Obama and supporters.
laxlover
Stephen Brown -3
nice one!!
unclebigpete
Peter Douglas 6
Hey, boys, this is an aviation blog! Leave the crap to be fought out in some other arena please
jshhmr
josh homer -3
If you were a political science major, then you wouldn't be making such a dumb statement. You'd realize (as you are taught) that there is no real choice, both are one in the same. Again, you blame Obama, when it has nothing to do with him. It's called a fact. Perhaps you should try looking those up instead of making ignorant statements?
Avi8tor2
Avi8tor2 -3
Mr. Homer,
This has been rather entertaining my friend but honestly, I do not have the time nor am I concerned with your impecunious beliefs regarding what you feel is truth or doctrine about today's American Obama politics, as misguided as they are. Without question, it doesn't take another PhD like mine of course, to deduce that you are a very disgruntled and sadly a very misled Democrat - but that's okay. I respect your beliefs, I really do. That's what makes this country so great and diverse. However, as one of my colleagues once stated from Plato..."Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” You take care of yourself....no wait...your "government" is going to do that for you through the collection of my tax dollars...until they run out, thence....Well, anyway, "Zurück zur Schule!" ;-)
johndanzy
John Danzy 1
I call bs on this guy's PhD.

So what if you have a political science degree and are in a "political arena." That doesn't mean you're right. There are countless congressmen that fit in your statement and we all know they're full of s--t.
andytyler
Andy Tyler 0
nobody i know with a doctorate has such poor grasp of the english language and professional grammar and communication skills.
siriusloon
siriusloon 0
The last refuge of someone with nothing to say is to take his ball and go home. Awww, he no longer has the time to discuss this, despite his invitation to "step right up" for a battle of wits. Clearly, all his PhD has taught him is how to use a thesaurus and how to Google for a snappy quote.

I know you have to have the last word, so go ahead and prove me right that you need the last word -- or if you need to prove me wrong, then don't reply -- which would prove me right after all. It's a dilemma. :)
lyonstom2003
Tom Lyons -1
Sequestration belongs to Obama. Check out Bob Woodward's book "The Price of Politics". Here's an overview: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamas-fanciful-claim-that-congress-proposed-the-sequester/2012/10/25/8651dc6a-1eed-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_blog.html
joelwiley
joel wiley 1
Did you read the book, or just the blog?
MHarryE
Michael Enzmann 2
Politics aside, the F-05 won its contract in a competetive fly off ages ago. Being an engineer I think of how the technology in my field has advanced over that time and leading edge tech back when the F-35 began to now - in my field it is beyond usefulness. Of course we do have the B-52 still a workhorse after all these years but the first 52 prototype flew in 1952 and the last one left the production line in 1962. Thinking of how fast technology changes, isn't the F-35 an obsolete manned fighter/attack plane in a unmanned age? As an extrapolation of Moore's Law where ability of integrated circuits doubles every 18 months, how can the F-35 be cutting edge instead of obsolete before it is fully operational in all fields?
TiredTom
Tom Bruce 1
yes, I think you're right
TiredTom
Tom Bruce 2
Let's see, initial roll out in 1998, first production(low rate) scheduled for 2008, now it's 2013 and the Air Force won't have capability until 2018? I love airplanes, we should have the best! but, this is ridiculous and a huge expense! I don't know....?
99NY
99NY 2
Probably a good idea to back away from the F-35, seeing how it A) Can't land on aircraft carriers due to its improperly designed tailhook and B) Will require all LHA's to be refitted with heavier decks to keep them from melting when the thing tries to VTOL aboard.

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