F-35 program credibility -- continued, downward trend

The F-35--by requirement--requires less maintenance people than the aircraft it is to replace.


Bogdan and friends are grasping at straws.


One should sit down with him and use this 2003 PDF on F-35 sustainment and ask: "How many of these items are in-place in a complete good-to-go status to support F-35 IOC in 2015 and 2016?"

The answer is many are not.

From that 2003 brief:

"Autonomic Logistics Provides Order of Magnitude O&S Savings"

Time and again, many do not know the definition of "order of magnitude."

Today, ALIS doesn't actually work very well.

Until ALIS is up and running properly, Bogdan will not know how many maintainers he needs. That also requires a fully developed aircraft.

IOC cannot be declared when those things are far from working.

Add to that, the F-35 concept provides no value to the way the U.S. will fight its wars.

From big threat, to small threat.