Not going to happen. Why do those with little historical perspective or knowledge on a conflict feel like they have a grasp on it? Ruskies aren’t going after Western Europe. There is a sizable portion of Ukraine who are ethnically Russian, oh and btw Ole Zelenskie is treating them about as well as we treated the Japanese Americans during WW2…
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Wrong defense contractor. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor of the F-35 and F-22. Lockheed screwed up these programs so bad the government is to award a contract for a new generation fighter next year.
US Air Force plans to award Next Generation Air Dominance deal in 2024
The NGAD solicitation formally begins the process to choose a company to build the Air Force’s next advanced fighter system, which will replace the F-22.
www.defensenews.com
Benfromalbuquerque
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Thank you for correcting my error! I’ve fixed that now. Flying dogshit that works best on sunny clear days against disabled enemies.Wrong defense contractor. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor of the F-35 and F-22. Lockheed screwed up these programs so bad the government is to award a contract for a new generation fighter next year.
US Air Force plans to award Next Generation Air Dominance deal in 2024
The NGAD solicitation formally begins the process to choose a company to build the Air Force’s next advanced fighter system, which will replace the F-22.
Benfromalbuquerque
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And the Nazi V-2 rocket went Mach 3. Clearly it was the best fighter.
Rainer
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All the Nato allies know the F-35 is a garbage plane and that they all sunk billions into it. The Typhoon is a better aircraft then the F-35.
Rainer
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I'm curious if the ICC will ever go after Israel after all the war crimes they've committed in the last few days? Like I know the answer is no because they're being protected by the US(for now). I wonder what the tone in Washington will be once they acknowledge that Israel has killed Westerners that are in Gaza with their indiscriminate bombing
VikingsGuy
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Any thoughts on this thread? We have gone 220 pages without a lock on this thread - take this lock-bait musing somewhere else.
VikingsGuy
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Unfortunately large scale weapons procurement is now more about how many sub-unit parts can be spread across all 435 congressional districts than about top notch engineering.Wrong defense contractor. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor of the F-35 and F-22. Lockheed screwed up these programs so bad the government is to award a contract for a new generation fighter next year.
US Air Force plans to award Next Generation Air Dominance deal in 2024
The NGAD solicitation formally begins the process to choose a company to build the Air Force’s next advanced fighter system, which will replace the F-22.
VikingsGuy
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As for Ukraine - now that Ukraine’s summer offensive is stalled and Russia’s most recent counter has failed to move, we are in a race to see who blinks first, western governments or the Russian people. Other than that we risk years of costly (lives and $$$) stalemate
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Ukraine has the time to wait this out, Russia doesn't. This really was all for nothing. I bet it will go back to Russia controlling Crimea and Ukraine controlling all the mainland. I don't think the UN will patrol the border
Ha, funniest thing I’ve read today. Thanks for the laugh.
KB_
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yea no kidding.... Been around them up close and personal, they are incredible aircraft. Budget all kinds of F'ed, totally. But the aircraft itself is otherworldly.
SAJ-99
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We will see if giving them jets speeds thing up. This is the result of slow playing the whole thing from the start. Rather than moving toward a positive conclusion, it just gave politicians and facebook trolls something to do for 12 months.
Ukrainian pilots could be flying F-16s in three months, Air National Guard head says
The U.S. could have the first Ukrainian pilots trained on F-16 fighter jets before the end of the year, though it will be longer than that before they are flying combat missions.
apnews.com
noharleyyet
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Just spitballin' but perhaps someone could have lent credence to a super secret no nuke handshake from the onset...We will see if giving them jets speeds thing up. This is the result of slow playing the whole thing from the start. Rather than moving toward a positive conclusion, it just gave politicians and facebook trolls something to do for 12 months.
Ukrainian pilots could be flying F-16s in three months, Air National Guard head says
The U.S. could have the first Ukrainian pilots trained on F-16 fighter jets before the end of the year, though it will be longer than that before they are flying combat missions.
SAJ-99
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I figure the human race is going to destroy itself one way or another. You can’t let the crazies run the show while we wait.
BigHornRam
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Um SAJ-99, the crazies are running the show right now.
SAJ-99
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Putin is losing, or at least in a stalemate, so he’s not running anything there. Xi can’t get his economy up and running better than a used 1985 Yugo. The US, well, we have had better moments. But we rarely have the crazies in charge of everything, so even the current shitshow is entertaining. But we have no one to blame but ourselves.
KB_
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I would argue most of our upper level of government over the age of 72 could be considered on the crazy part of the spectrum.
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