[bfieidhbrjr]

Buggy? It barely works. Short flight time. Crap wing loading. Not good at any of it's multi-roles.

We could build 5-10 F-16s for each F-35, and many more A-10s, and they'd be better despite being ancient designs.

They're so expensive we can't even do proper flight training in them, it'd cost too much if we break one.

[mhh__]

> 5-10 F-16s

The new F-16V costs as near as makes no difference the cost of an F-35

[dogma1138]

The Israeli's seem to be happy with it, use it in combat and are buying more.

[bfieidhbrjr]

They don't pay for them. It's where all the "aid" money goes.

[dogma1138]

They do, even if it's partially done via aid money. And again they could buy multiple F-16's for the price of a single F-35 through the same aid program.

[strictnein]

> "Crap wing loading"

Yes, why does this super stealthy plane not have support for lots of reflecting metal things hanging from its wings?

[NickNameNick]

'Wing loading' is the ratio of overall weight to lifting area, which directly affects the aircrafts ability to turn.

It has nothing to do with hanging stuff from the wings.