The F35 will be cancelled before 500 planes are made (prediction by Pierre Sprey)

[TopCat]

Jet fuel would be the least of any problems

Then throw me a helmet too...
I am in...

 

[rockstar08]

The Walking Dead will be canceled before 8 more episodes are made.

please don't let that happen , i love Walking dead series

 

[SQ8]

Pierre Sprey, Nuff said.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

https://www.f35.com/assets/uploads/downloads/13567/f-35fast_facts4q2015_.pdf

162 Delivered (20 were test planes)
of the 142:
81 F35A
43 F35B
18 F35C

 

[Penguin]

https://www.f35.com/assets/uploads/downloads/13567/f-35fast_facts4q2015_.pdf

162 Delivered (20 were test planes)
of the 142:
81 F35A
43 F35B
18 F35C

162 F-35s have been delivered to the Department of Defense as of Oct. 20

However, if you look up the allocation per LRIP by Type and Country, you actually see 209 planes (125 F35A, 58 F35B, 26 F35C). Of these, 179 are for US Forces (AIr force 103 F35A, USMC 50 F35B, Navy 26 F35C). The remaining 30 (22 F35A, 8 F-35B) are for other countries, specifically the Netherlands (2x A), the UK (8x B), Italy (8x A), Australia (2x A), Norway (4x A), Japan (4x A) and Israel (2x A).

What's in store? Some 201 more... (LRIP lot 9 and 10 would bring the total to 410)

Funding
• Full funding approved for LRIP lot 1 (2 aircraft)
• Full funding approved for LRIP lot 2 (12 aircraft)
• Full funding approved for LRIP lot 3 (17 aircraft)
• Full funding approved for LRIP lot 4 (32 aircraft)
• Full funding approved for LRIP lot 5 (32 aircraft)
• Full funding approved for LRIP lots 6 (36 aircraft)
• Full funding approved for LRIP lots 7 (35 aircraft)
• Full funding approved for LRIP lot 8 (43 aircraft)
• Long-lead funding LRIP lot 9 (57 aircraft)
• Long-lead funding LRIP lot 10 (94 aircraft)

To infinity, and beyond ;-)

Planned Quantities
USAF 1,763 F-35As
DoN (USN/USMC) 680 F-35B/Cs
U.K. RAF/RN 138 F-35Bs
Italy 60 F-35As/30 F-35Bs
Netherlands 37 F-35As
Turkey 100 F-35As
Australia 100 F-35As
Norway 52 F-35As
Denmark 30 F-35As
Canada 65 F-35As
Israel 33 F-35As
S. Korea 40 F-35As
Japan 42 F-35As

 

[Taygibay]

^^^ Better strikethrough that one though : Canada 65 F-35As.

Good evening mate and others, Tay.

 

[mil-avia]

F-35 Stealth Fighter Spy Cover-Up

The F-35 will cost more than the Manhattan Project every year for the next fifty years

 

[Ultima Thule]

F-35 Stealth Fighter Spy Cover-Up

The F-35 will cost more than the Manhattan Project every year for the next fifty years

Stop posting such crap Google links you junk brain

MOD please close this useless thread

 

[mil-avia]

The F-35 project, which will cost roughly 60 Manhattan Projects when all is said and done, can’t even fit the right close-air support bombs in its weapons bay

 

[Ultima Thule]

The F-35 project, which will cost roughly 60 Manhattan Projects when all is said and done, can’t even fit the right close-air support bombs in its weapons bay

You have been reported for your trash links, what is you trying to prove

 

[mil-avia]

F-35 JSF - "Maneuvering is Irrelevant"

F-35: If maneuverability is irrelevant why do we need a fighter at all?

 

[mil-avia]

With $50M in damage, burnt F-35 likely to be stripped for parts
(link to comments)


Whatever Happened to That BBQ-ed F-35?
The Air Force now says it is reusing parts from an F-35A that went up in flames last summer


AF investigation: Catastrophic engine failure caused F-35 fire

U.S. Congressional Auditors Bombshell: F-35 Engines Are 'Unreliable'

Engine maker defends F-35 as investigators find even more problems

Pratt Defends “Very Poor Reliability” of F-35 Engine

 

[mil-avia]

A Troubling Past:
Air Force Fighter Acquisition since 1945*

 

[mil-avia]

F35 helmet costs $400,000 and entire fighter jets for less than the price 50 F35 helmets

 

[Penguin]

^^^ Better strikethrough that one though : Canada 65 F-35As.

Good evening mate and others, Tay.

Question is: will that affect the number currently funded? (as opposed to the total envisioned production, relative to which 65 is a small bump)

@mil-avia: you were asked nicely several times to stop derailing this thread.