The Future of the F-35 Italy cuts back

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

No chicken in Canada is pumped full of hormones like the US. Its all safe.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Back on topic what is wrong with fewer F35s with many more drones with bacon? Convert 65 f35s to 16 with 200 drones?

[Centurion40]

Aye, aye, Cap'n.

A navy Captain is what rank equivelancy in the LANDFOR?

Colonel. Unless you're in the south, then Colonel is a rank of generic respect. As in Sanders.

Only in Kentuck!

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

The oxygen issue may kill the F35 in Canada. The US wont let the F22 do long missions in Alaska.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18081936

[MIGMaster]

The latest press on the F-35:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/08/21/pol-cp-f-35-ndp-hearing-critics.html

[eyebiter]

If Canada buys the F-35, won't they need to upgrade or replace the existing air refuel tanker fleet?  Does the Canadian  CC-150T tankers already have both boom and probe refueling systems installed?

[LongBlade]

An interesting article on Fox today about the aging US Air Force.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/04/inside-geriatric-unit-us-air-force-struggles-to-keep-aging-aircraft-flying

[MIGMaster]

Good piece - Thanks for posting it, LB!

[MIGMaster]

The F-35 is really becoming an issue for the Harper government.... I suspect we will be a Super Hornet user down the road.

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OTTAWA – The Conservative government will signal it is serious about buying an alternative to the F-35 fighter jet by asking rival manufacturers about the cost and availability of their planes, according to defence industry sources.

The formal request for information will be issued to rivals like Boeing, which produces the Superhornet, and the consortium that makes the Eurofighter Typhoon, asking them what jets are available, and at what cost, if the Canadian government decides to ditch the trouble-plagued F-35 purchase.

The pricing and availability information request falls short of a formal tender but government sources said the "market analysis" will send a signal to voters and industry that it is taking seriously the Auditor-General's spring report that was heavily critical of the F-35 procurement process.

[Windigo]

The Super Hornet was such a no brainer back when this requisition process started....

Now I say Eurofighter

[Centurion40]

Yeah man!

[Windigo]

Wall papered

[MIGMaster]

That is tres sweet 40Cent!

[Windigo]

where are the fuzzy dice?

[bob48]

Y'can't see 'em - they're the stealth version.