Big con at Yuma

Aircraft should never be delivered to an Operational Test unit while still in prototype status. The purpose of an Ops test squadron is not to worry about functioning aircraft but to be able to spend their time to work on writing procedures for combat tactics.

Playing with some semi-functional mission systems and hot-pit refueling doesn't cut it.

The pilots and planners at VMFA-121 are part of a larger team developing tactics and procedures that capitalize on these new capabilities. “As the radar gets more stable, as the electro-optical targeting system, or EOTS, gets more reliable, as pilots become more proficient, as the flight envelope opens up, we can look at the tactics, techniques, and procedures we can bring forward from legacy aircraft,” explained Miller. “We can consider performing those procedures differently in the F-35 because of all the new capabilities it brings to the fight. We are just starting to break the surface on tactics development.

We could have fought WWII 3 times already.

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