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http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/strike/2015/07/27/marine-ioc-f35-soon-paperwork-dunford/30751515/

Really exited about this. The most advanced plane in the world will be operational soon.

What do we plan to do with these advanced planes?

Use them on Iran when they don't up hold the deal.

We can't, remember their leader said they'd totally beat us. Might as well be paper airplanes.

Originally posted by Surtur
We can't, remember their leader said they'd totally beat us. Might as well be paper airplanes.

Lol

I read a somewhat negative article about the F35, but there was lots of debate in the comments pro and con, and I have literally no idea about this, so I don't know what to think. But I'll link it anyways.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/07/disastrous-f-35-vs-f-16-face-off-was-also-a-battle-of-philosophies/

That is only the first generation that has not even been released yet, like all jets cars and anything else they make vast improvements quickly.

Sounds good. I'm more interested in them (the US) making a new space travelling vessel...

Is this the plane where the pilot can see 360 degrees because of cameras all over the aircraft?

The F-35 is the most divisive plane in recent history. My hometown, being next door to Eglin AFB, is ground zero for F-35 testing and despite a rabidly pro-military population the base has had huge problems using the F-35 because of how loud their engines are over residential areas. That's just the smallest problem. The big problem are its enormous costs, which may end up scaring off lots of the partner nations who are currently contributing to the program/planning to buy them.

Personally, I think the F-35 will be a great plane once it's gotten past all its developmental issues, but the near future will continue to be agonizing for the air force.

The crazy thing is that the F-35 was supposed to be a cheaper, less complicated alternative to the F-22 for export to allies, but it ended up being anything but.

I will say that it's strange how our air force is ready to spend huge amounts of money on new planes when we still have a fleet of top of the line aircraft, whereas when it comes to infantry weapons and land vehicles we're the most conservative of all the major militaries.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Sounds good. I'm more interested in them (the US) making a new space travelling vessel...
Yeah, I think it's crazy that we retired the space shuttle without having a replacement ready or even under serious development. At the moment, if something happened on the ISS and Russia decided they didn't want to help us, we'd be in a pretty bad position.

You should see the new infantry land vehicles we have. They are basically are bomb proof. Although it took longer then most to come sound. When I was over there I was rolling around in hummers

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Yeah, I think it's crazy that we retired the space shuttle without having a replacement ready or even under serious development. At the moment, if something happened on the ISS and Russia decided they didn't want to help us, we'd be in a pretty bad position.

Hate to say it, Obama dropped the ball on that one.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Hate to say it

lol...you're funny

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
You should see the new infantry land vehicles we have. They are basically are bomb proof. Although it took longer then most to come sound. When I was over there I was rolling around in hummers
I did forget about the MRAPs, every major country in the world is scrambling to either buy them from us or develop their own.

Did your hummer have what they call "Hajji armor?"