F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)

[Clux4]

I could easily take care of this. Call it my Christmas present to you. I don't think you'd be missed either.....until we start running out of toilet paper......

Please Santa, for Christmas can I ban this know-it-all permanently? Please? Pretty please?

LOL Are you an Indian giver?

Merry Christmas HAL

 

[HAL Pilot]

LOL Are you an Indian giver?

So you're saying you want me to give you the present of a permanent ban???? :icon_smil

Merry Christmas to you too.

 

[MasterBates]

 

[ryan1234]

He is trying to propagate his social agendas that will ultimately result in the demise of this great empire.

+1 Clux!

I think that is quite a fact. Presidential social agendas have done quite a lot to the demise of the US. It's all about the vote and getting re-elected. The true, long term welfare of the country is an after thought in my humble opinion.

Merry Christmas Clux - hope the weather is treating you well.

 

[Clux4]

So you're saying you want me to give you the present of a permanent ban???? :icon_smil

Merry Christmas to you too.

Damn, thought It was Christmas and all. This is more like mafioso treatment here. I thought I could exercise my first amendment rights on AW. A know it all like myself did not know otherwise. Noted.

+1 Clux!
Merry Christmas Clux - hope the weather is treating you well.

Ryan - doing good. Weather is great as usual. Santa was a little later but better late than never.

 

[Pugs]

Though I was not in there military during the Clinton years, some things are public knowledge thanks to free speech.

Blah, blah, blah...

Another really great word to use neocon. It's a convenient way to make sure people know your closet is either full of Che Guevara t-shirts or you're provisioning your mountain hide-out to hide it from black helos. In your case I suspect the former.

Your history review does not come close to the reality of how bad the economy, the national mood, the military and the future looked under Carter. I personally look forward to some federal gridlock at least the next coupe years.

 

[ryan1234]

Despite the VP's impudent comments, we're committed through 2014.

I have a feeling the State of the Union Address will have something in the way of an unusually large withdrawal from Afghanistan earlier than 2014.

Of course it's not an exit strategy, but rather an expedited transition strategy.

 

[mmx1]

Yes... Seems pretty obvious, especially in the case of POTUS. Maybe SECDEF in terms of making us an entirely small war force. If your political affiliations are preventing you from seeing that, take the blinders off.

I suppose you've missed the SECDEF's consistent and repeated words and actions to balance the needs of funding the fight we're in against the need fund a balanced future force. The Air Force's 2018 next gen bomber is still funded, as is obviously the JSF. We are certainly not buying the JSF to be a small war force, not when we could buy a shitton of A-29's as is suggested elsewhere here.

I have a feeling the State of the Union Address will have something in the way of an unusually large withdrawal from Afghanistan earlier than 2014.

Of course it's not an exit strategy, but rather an expedited transition strategy.

Why would the President change course a month after he announced the results of his latest strategy review(which itself came after the election results)? All indications are that the "responsible and conditions-based withdrawal" to start next year will be all but in name only to appease the left. The target date for a handover of authority is 2014 and, ahem, there's quite a bit of work to be done just to make that target.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/26/ftn/main7185727.shtml

 

[poobear24]

F-35 Two Seater?

Hi guys! I'm excited about the next generation fighter! It's def going to be a better option option than the F-22 (in my opinion). But, for us poor NFO guys, any word on if we'll get a chance to experience the awesomeness with a two-seater? :icon_tong

 

[Ducky]

As for now the most advanced two seater on the table is the F model Superhornet. I wouldn't be disappointed at that as there is plenty of gucci shit coming down the pipe for the back seat.

 

[Clux4]

Blah, blah, blah...

Another really great word to use neocon. It's a convenient way to make sure people know your closet is either full of Che Guevara t-shirts or you're provisioning your mountain hide-out to hide it from black helos. In your case I suspect the former.

Your history review does not come close to the reality of how bad the economy, the national mood, the military and the future looked under Carter. I personally look forward to some federal gridlock at least the next coupe years.

Long live Che! "Hasta la Victoria Siempre"

The party of "No" will not get a grid lock. The party is divided within its ranks for starters. The American people will actually expect them to pass some of the policies they campaigned on. I hope they can deliver.

 

[Jamin'G]

As for now the most advanced two seater on the table is the F model Superhornet. I wouldn't be disappointed at that as there is plenty of gucci shit coming down the pipe for the back seat.

Or the 18G! Just gotta give a shout out for the best deal in Naval Aviation!

 

[HAL Pilot]

Damn, thought It was Christmas and all. This is more like mafioso treatment here. I thought I could exercise my first amendment rights on AW. A know it all like myself did not know otherwise. Noted.

Clux - I'm not really going to ban you for no reason. I was messing with you.

 

[HeyJoe]

Hi guys! I'm excited about the next generation fighter! It's def going to be a better option option than the F-22 (in my opinion). But, for us poor NFO guys, any word on if we'll get a chance to experience the awesomeness with a two-seater? :icon_tong

Word from start of JAST>JSF>F-35>Never happen...period, dot.

 

[revan1013]

And while the F-35 models, which could conceivably be used in a large-scale war with Country X,Y,Z are having major issues ...

The LCS gets bumped up from 10 to 20 ships.

I'm all for fighting the current fight and being able to work the littorals and brown/green water zones, but you don't plan for the current war, you plan for the next big one. Better to have too many heavy hitters than not enough.