(from the article linked below)
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in its natural habitat: on the ground
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for having a strong military. It seems like my days in the army saw waste on a daily basis, but nothing compares to the article I just read. I've read tidbits here and there before about the Joint Strike Fighter and it's enormous price tag and delays, but like most Americans I never really paid attention to it. This high tech jet fighter was supposed to be the greatest thing since sliced bread man!
The article I just read was shared on Facebook from a friend and is from a website called thinkprogress.org. Never heard of the website before, but the headline drew me in "Americans Have Spent Enough Money On A Broken Plane To Buy Every Homeless Person A Mansion"It's truly amazing that this project has been able to survive this long! A comment from the article stands out though "The political armor of the F-35 is as thick as the heads of the people who designed the airplane and its acquisition plan,” Winslow Wheeler, a former congressional staffer and outspoken critic of the F-35" I swear politicians and special interests are going to ruin America. I've become so fed up with it all that I usually just tune out and try to live in my ignorant bliss. That's what I'm sure the politicians and special interests want all of America to do.
What makes this "awesome" jet fighter even worse is another related article that I just read about it. "The F-35 Can't Beat The Plan It's Replacing In A Dogfight: Report" All this is pretty depressing, but I did find a bit of humor in a statement from this article..."At one point, the pilot’s helmet was so big he couldn’t even turn his head inside the cockpit". I of course pictured something from the movie "Spaceballs"
"Dark Helmet" from Spaceballs
The article continues to state just how bad the jet performs in real world scenarios. What a joke...but nobody's laughing!
