Affentitten Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 First F-35 delivered to the Air Force But the first operational squadron won't be in place till 2017 -18 at the earliest. They better start planning now for the aircraft that will replace these ones. Due to come online in 2346. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_the_wino Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Take that <insert enemy here>! Now we will show you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 YAY, we might even get ours before the current fighter fleet rusts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I should think the remotely flown/ or independent drone fighter should be ready by then. : ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigduke6 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Interesting coincidence, the Russians flew their first production line Su-35M (i.e., for the Russian air force) last week. If you believe the costs you can get three Su-35es for one F-35. I'm sure both sides feel they've made the right decision. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I should think the remotely flown/ or independent drone fighter should be ready by then. : ) Yeh but will have to wait until the F-35's rust before we get them, by which time the ol' US of A will have imploded and the Chinese will be at our mercy because we have all the resources. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If you have all the resources you'll probably have all the Chinese too.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 If you have all the resources you'll probably have all the Chinese too.... Right. Best to put up a sign that reads, "Nothing here but empty desert and vicious deadly animals." Close enough to the truth to be convincing. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 If you have all the resources you'll probably have all the Chinese too.... Rubbish ! .......... just disregard the fact that my last job was for Sino-Iron "Nothing here but empty desert and vicious deadly animals." Close enough to the truth to be convincing. To be honest that is a pretty accurate description of 99% of the country 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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