The GAO said the F-35A, the fighter variant used by the US Air Force, “did not meet its mission capable goals in any of the years we reviewed.” The GAO also found the F-35B and F-35C variants, used by the Marine Corps and Navy, failed to meet their goals over all six years as well.

truely the cybertruck of 5th Gen fighters

We should have a comm for uplifting news but it’s all just how the American empire is a paper tiger

OTOH, it’s doing almost exactly what Lockheed Martin executives want it to do

Poor underfunded US military can’t make even a jet they’re just too poor

Ask the average bootbrained chud about the F-35 clownshow and they’re very likely to grunt about “THE MISSION” and “PREPAREDNESS FOR THE MISSIONS OF THE 21st CENTURY” like they’re reading ad copy from the military industrial complex.

How is it “mission readiness” to have such a janky piece of shit money pit?

In April the program was estimated to cost $2 trillion. But - of course - the total cost will keep going up.

The F-35 fighter will now cost more than $2 trillion | Responsible Statecraft

Apr 16, 2024

The F-35 fighter jet program will cost taxpayers more than $2 trillion over its lifetime, cementing its place as one of the most expensive weapons programs in U.S. history.

Critical support on neoliberalism destroying neoliberalism.

America should actually buy J-20s and SU-57s from other countries real shit

Have they tried spending an additional 12B on top of that?

C’mon, go bankrupt already.

I hope we get wiped by Iran.

Still applicable decades later https://youtu.be/IKQlQlQ6_pk?gyJZ1EG8er6G6QSz

Problem? Problem for no one but them.