***The OFFICIAL aviation pics thread***

[ALLAN]

[ALLAN]

[ALLAN]

[Gargamel]

All those munitions and a overpriced PoS plane that can barely fly.

Overpriced... Probably

The mis-handling of the project at the federal level and the cost overruns are pretty much a long standing joke at this point

POS.... I'll have to disagree on that one

While not as adept at pure air to air combat as the F-22... It still retains F-16\F-18 like maneuverability while maintaining a full combat load in the bay.
(The F-16\18 would need to drop ordnance, tanks, etc to see the same performance)

Also, the avionics, system integration and Situational Awareness capabilities are second to none.
Situational Awareness (SA) is pretty much the key in overall air combat... add the stealth capability and it will be a great asset.

If they can get the rest of the remaining technical issues ironed out it's pretty much a revolution as far as system and pilot capability.

[Couver]

^^^ and if it looses an engine it can glide back to the ship!!

Oh wait why the fuck is the Navy buying this turd?

[Darren M]

Because this was the alternative.

[ALLAN]

^^^ and if it looses an engine it can glide back to the ship!!

Oh wait why the fuck is the Navy buying this turd?

Like the F-8, A-7, and A-4.

The ChiCom knock off has twin engines

[Couver]

Like the F-8, A-7, and A-4.

The ChiCom knock off has twin engines

Exactly! Three great reasons the Navy moved to twin engine planes.

[Darren M]

So, when the X-plane competition was written up the Navy forgot to go to the meetings?

[YALE]

It's a camel, just like the Bradley.

[71chevellejohn]

just in the nick of time

[TorqueJunkie]

Holy shit, that has a GBU-12 on the wing as well...

[ALLAN]

[inline 6]

Wtf is that?

[71chevellejohn]

Wtf is that?

A veritech from Macross/Robotech.