"We remain committed to maintaining air superiority and the capability to hold any target at risk," Donley told a convention of the Air Force Association support group, noting the average age of the U.S. fighter fleet is 22 years old.
"Modernizing our aging ... fighter force depends on the fifth generation capabilities of the Joint Strike Fighter," he added. "Simply put, there is no alternative to the F-35 program. It must succeed."
1. You can't maintain air superiority with the F-35 vs. emerging threats.
2. Which means you can not "hold any target at risk".
3. The F-35 has no credible "fifth-generation capabilities"; except maybe in the eyes of the marketing pukes.
4. The idea that there are no alternatives to the F-35 (For the USAF) is untrue.
5. "It must succeed". Hitler was famous for statements similar to this when the German Army was getting torn to shreds; ignoring the concept that the enemy has a will of their own.
Donley and his partner have a history of misleading people on air power issues.
Don't believe them.
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Eric:
A good summary of the situation.
#3 in the American Trifecta of new millennium gifts to itself and the western world -
1. Iraq War
2. GFC
3. JSF
Does anyone have any ideas for the Quadrella?
Don't disasters usually come in threes?
Today marks the end of don't-ask-don't-tell (DADT).
I wish our air power leaders would do the same and say exactly what they think in the Prussian military sense ( von Manstein explains this well in his book how in command circles, you voiced what you thought no matter how hard the truth may be even if it went against popular (read groupthink) ideals...)... Wouldn't it be great if an air power leader could say openly about the F-35..."Maybe we shouldn't be doing this..."
Okay. I am asking -
Will the JSF ( and, for that matter, the Super Hornet) be competitive in our Region in 2015 and beyond?
....either in the air or in the marketplace?
If there are those who reckon so, then please explain how?
It's hard to believe that Donley and Schwartz are still supporting this flying abortion even now.
Good questions Horde! The appropriate answers would be NO and NO.The F-35 will make fine target practice for the J-20/PAK-FA, and with the future low production rate/high price tag it's toast in the marketplace.
My guess is that the F-35 will end up costing more then the F-22 IF it ever makes it into real production.
Rest in peace Raptor....
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