7 comments

  • kaizenite 4 hours ago ago

    Although it seems like the Pentagon is making good of a bad situation by turning these into trainer aircraft, the radar-less versions aren't even that much cheaper than the combat-ready ones. Wtf are we doing here

    https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/05/07/air-force-plans-1-7...

  • qsxfthnkp2322 6 hours ago ago

    Super smart move to outsource all that manufacturing and technology

  • __patchbit__ 8 hours ago ago

    Information integration ground installations have been wiped off the battlefield in the current gulf war. There is no center for the F-35 radars even if they are delivered as contracted without anomaly.

  • warumdarum 6 hours ago ago

    We fight for the helium shipments to pass through to taiwan for the radars we need for fighting to be made so we can fight the forces choking our supplies?

    • subscribed 5 hours ago ago

      I think there's missing "we started the fight with the helium shipments passing through" :)

      • warumdarum 5 hours ago ago

        Can a empire be into auto erotic asphyxiation?

  • spacedcowboy 8 hours ago ago

    "Just fly around over there somewhere"