From a Marine fighter-pilot....
Subject: FW: The truth....FINALLY comes out
Not everyone will agree with me but I’ve maintained that the
F-35 is a POS from the get-go. First the $400K each gee whiz helmet
didn’t work right, then the ejection seat wouldn’t accommodate the ladies
safely, pilots got whiplash on F-35C cat shots, F-35C outer wing panels had to
be redesigned because they couldn’t handle the stress of carrying
wingtip-mounted Sidewinders, engines couldn’t provide adequate cooling air for
all the avionics many of which didn’t work right even when cooled and the list
goes on. Look at the dispatch rates, then ask how many of the “flyers”
are full mission capable and consider supporting this turkey is forward
deployment areas. Note also that they spread construction of various components
among so many states that there’s little serious worry that Congress would ever
pull the plug on these largely non-flying money pits. Just sayin . . .
From: Ro
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:37 AM
To: Bob
Subject: The truth....FINALLY comes out
Wreckage of Missing F-35B Located in Northeastern South Carolina
The wreckage of a U.S.
Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet gone missing after its pilot ejected from the
aircraft on Sunday, 17 September 2023 has been located in rural northeastern South
Carolina.
The debris field resultant of
the aircraft’s coming to ground was discovered in the Palmetto State’s
Williamsburg County—some sixty-nautical-miles northeast of Joint Base
Charleston. The downed F-35B was assigned to U.S. Marine Fighter Attack
Training Squadron 501, which is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort,
South Carolina and falls administratively under Marine Aircraft Group 31 and
the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.
Area residents were asked to remain clear of the crash-site
while recovery teams worked to secure the wreckage of the $80-million fighter.
Joint Base Charleston set forth in a statement: “We are
transferring incident command to the USMC this evening, as they begin the
recovery process. … Members of the community should avoid the area as the
recovery team secures the debris field.”
The pilotless jet’s disappearance baffled military and civilian
experts alike. Uncontrolled high-speed meetings of aircraft and ground incline
toward conspicuousness, and the abject ignorance of the USMC and FAA vis-à-vis
the downed F-35B’s whereabouts drew widespread criticism. In the wake of the
U.S. military’s solicitation of the public for information pertaining to the
missing jet, local Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace inquired: “How in the
hell do you lose an F-35? How is there not a tracking device, and we’re asking
the public to what, find a jet and turn it in?”
On the Instagram platform known as Threads, actor Misha Collins wrote under a photo of an F-35: “That’s
what they get for leaving the keys in the ignition. In other news, check out my
new listing on Craigslist. No lowball offers!”
Tim Robinson, editor in chief of Aerospace magazine, took
to X (formerly Twitter), posting a photo of an F-35 on a golf
course and a caption reading: “What’s the problem? I just sneaked off for a
quick round of golf.”
The evanescent F-35B’s final known location and trajectory
compelled searchers to focus initial recovery efforts on Lakes Moultrie and
Marion—a pair of large, man-made bodies of water in central South Carolina. The
Williamsburg County site at which the debris field was located is, in point of
fact, relatively near the aforementioned lakes.
The means by which the jet’s wreckage was located remains
undisclosed. It is known, however, that the search for such involved the USMC’s
Second Marine Aircraft Wing, authorities of the U.S. Navy’s Southeastern
region, the Civil Air Patrol, the FAA, and numerous South Carolina law
enforcement agencies.
In a Monday, 18 September statement, the USMC reported: “The
mishap is currently under investigation, and we are unable to provide
additional details to preserve the integrity of the investigative process.”
In a separate 18 September statement, the USMC disclosed Acting
USMC Commander General Eric M. Smith had ordered all Marine Corps aviation
units to stand-down for purpose of conducting a two-day “pause in operations.”
USMC officers were directed to utilize the stand-down to reinforce policies,
practices, and procedures germane to safety-of-flight with personnel under
their respective commands.
Lockheed-Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is produced in three
principal variants: the Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) F-35A operated
by the United States Air Force, the Short Take-Off and Vertical-Landing (STOVL)
F-35B operated by the U.S. Marine Corps, and the carrier-based F-35C operated
by the U.S. Navy.
In 2021, the United States Air Force conducted the TacAir study,
an investigative enterprise that examined the tactical requirements of U.S.
combat aircraft in future conflicts. The study’s results compelled Air Force
chief of staff General Charles Q. Brown to concede the F-35 program had failed
to achieve its goals. General Brown further set forth that little reason
existed to believe the F-35 platform would ever deliver on its designer’s
promises.
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
over the seventeen-years since the F-35’s 2006 entry into U.S. service, the
aircraft, in all its incarnations, has consistently demonstrated a miserable
dispatch availability—about half-that of the USAF’s Regan-era F-15E fleet.
The CBO determined mission-availability of all three F-35
variants, in 2022, ranged from a dismal 54-percent to an
only-slightly-less-dismal 58-percent.
The $1.7-trillion F-35 program is the most expensive military
undertaking in the history of humankind. The First and Second World Wars
combined cost American taxpayers $320-billion, a mere 18-percent of the F-35’s
total program costs. Notwithstanding its epic, eye-watering price-tag, the
F-35’s lack of availability has occasioned supposition among Pentagon brass
that the advanced, sixth-generation aircraft will never become the workhorse
machine it was envisioned to be. Instead, the Lightning II—after the fashions
of Vought’s F-7U Cutlass and Convair’s B-58 Hustler—may well wind up an
overpriced, temperamental embarrassment relegated to niche roles at the
periphery of U.S. national defense.
FMI: www.marines.mil
Well, well, well………the military finally has to admit, what has
been obvious for years……this thing is a ridiculously expensive
POS. Scrap this POS, buy upgraded F-15’s and keep the A-10.
Until someone shoots down an Eagle (or even puts a bullet hole
in one), it’s still the baddest ass in captivity! As for the
HOG…….well, everyone knows it’s bad to the bone.
I don't no nuthin about them fast flyinn
machines, but this one never ever flew better than a SPAD. And my SPAD
was sure as hell better than the Edsel.
Tony P
Life is Good
In God We Trust
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Date: 9/20/2023 9:59:43 PM
Subject: Fwd: FW: The truth....FINALLY comes out
An Edsel, maybe?
Bill
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