Hey guys, this is F-35 bash "thred". I think you had lost your way on your way to 31 page. So I will add some good old fashioned hatred back into this thread!
F-35 is only good as an export piece in a day of shrinking budgets. F-35 is bad aircraft in every field. As a air superiority fighter it is bad. As ground attack aircraft it is bad. As close air support aircraft it is bad. As interceptor it is a bad aircraft. Any new aircraft specializing in any of those roles would easily demonstrate how inadequate F-35 is. The only thing which its defenders cling to is that this is the only new generation aircraft and thus they can directly compare it to older generation aircraft head to head like A-10 and say it is not all that bad. That is not only unfair, but also shows how deep divide is between same generation planes like F-22 or Su-57 and F-35 in air superiority role. F-35 is nothing more as an export piece designed to be acceptable and able to perform any role and thus drive costs down by allowing one plane to do all the roles instead of having several more specialized planes doing their own each thing. F-35 is jack of all trades and a master of none and thus I despise it for it. Sadly, due to lack of investment in R&D in modern day we are rather starved for choice. Only now minor nations are starting their own fifth generation aircraft programs and they are highly uncertain affairs with questionable possible results. There isn't anything better to purchase at the moment than F-35 and thus we all have to acquire this expensive travesty. I would much rather buy F-22 or Su-57 in its stead and use 4'th generation aircraft to do all other tasks.
Source: http://www.ausairpower.net/jsf.html
Though source is a little bit older and F-35 might became little less shit during two decades of development, but it still highlights why I dislike this aircraft. It is just so limited when compared to more specialized aircraft.
Must Be Spoon Fed got a reaction from Dragonstriker in Bash the F-35 thred.