F-35 "Will get pilots SHOT DOWN"

iambecomelife · 03-06-13, 02:14 PM

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ots-shot-down/

Strange that with all their funding & expertise they forget about simple things like being able to see outside the fighter's canopy.

And to those who say dogfighting is obsolete, look what happened to the USAF and USN in Vietnam? Neglecting dogfights because "missiles would take care of everything" was a grievous error. It probably cost several pilots their lives back then - I expect the same thing to happen once more.

There are other problems, too, like a visual display that's mega-expensive and mega-unreliable. My tax dollars at work!

03-06-13, 02:14 PM	#1
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,706 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	F-35 "Will get pilots SHOT DOWN" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ots-shot-down/ Strange that with all their funding & expertise they forget about simple things like being able to see outside the fighter's canopy. And to those who say dogfighting is obsolete, look what happened to the USAF and USN in Vietnam? Neglecting dogfights because "missiles would take care of everything" was a grievous error. It probably cost several pilots their lives back then - I expect the same thing to happen once more. There are other problems, too, like a visual display that's mega-expensive and mega-unreliable. My tax dollars at work! __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

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