Speaking of F4s, due to the situation between Greece and Turkey , I've learned that the Greek AF still has around 30 F4s in service !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 4 September 2020 09:14 (three years ago) link
As for the sound of modern jets, since my parents live near the Bourget airport, near Paris, where there's an international air show every two years, I'm quite used to see/hear them fly over and they're noisy af !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 4 September 2020 09:17 (three years ago) link
TOMBOT to thread, kinda curious about his take on the f-35 debacle, where the money went, and if it's a good plane
― life is beauitul (rip van wanko), Friday, 4 September 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link
I don't have a lot of good insight into how the F-35 went so wrong, other than collusion between parts of the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin to force the DoD to put all its eggs in one basket.
Here's a decent piece on what might ought to happen to avoid repeating those mistakes in the future: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-air-force-could-avoid-f-35-trap-47737
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Friday, 4 September 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35947/navy-f-a-18-squadron-commanders-take-on-ai-repeatedly-beating-real-pilot-in-dogfight
Fun read.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 24 September 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link