Missing F-35

[Polar Bear]

180 million dollars lost on Jets in a week. Hope Aaron Rogers gets better soon.

 

[Blizzard]

I got nothin'...the man says it all:

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[Ooh-Rah]

I got nothin'...the man says it all:

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Everyone tryin’ to be the next “I ain’t got time for that” girl.
Sorry player, there’s only one Sweet Brown.

 

[Devildoc]

I am very curious if it was an auto-eject, and if so, if it was legit because the AC was out of the operating envelope or if it was a glitch and the pilot says "there I was minding my business then all of a sudden I am dangling from a canopy."

 

[Box]

I'm just bummed at how much of my tax dollars are being spent on invisible planes that don't work.

 

[Devildoc]

$190 million worth of Jets lost in the past week...

 

[Muppet]

Wait till the end...

 

[Marauder06]

I'm just bummed at how much of my tax dollars are being spent on invisible planes all of the things that don't work.

 

[AWP]

I'm just bummed at how much of my tax dollars are being spent on invisible planes that don't work.

Are we talking about the F-35 or the Afghan Air Force? I'm confused.

 

[RackMaster]

At least you have thing's. All we get comes from British swap meets or is hand me downs from our grandfather's.

 

[TLDR20]

At least you have thing's. All we get comes from British swap meets or is hand me downs from our grandfather's.

You mean our grandfathers. Y’all ever built a plane?

 

[RackMaster]

You mean our grandfathers. Y’all ever built a plane?

The Chipmunk...

DHC-1 Chipmunk

 

[TLDR20]

The Chipmunk...

DHC-1 Chipmunk

Y’all almost made the fucking raddest plane of all time but pussed out.

Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow - Wikipedia

 

[Marauder06]

At least you have thing's. All we get comes from British swap meets or is hand me downs from our grandfather's.

So you’re basically… US Marines?

 

[Blizzard]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1704671859177120181

 

[Kaldak]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1704671859177120181

From the video..."it looks like it on fire".

Really? What gave it away?

 

[AWP]

The Chipmunk...

DHC-1 Chipmunk

Twin Otter, Caribou, and the Dash 8. de Havilland has designed and built some bangers.

 

[RackMaster]

Y’all almost made the fucking raddest plane of all time but pussed out.

Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow - Wikipedia

This is probably the main event that started the decline of our military power. It would have been awesome to see an Arrow launch from the HMCS Bonaventure, carrier.

A recent paper suggests it was mothballed because of our intelligence.

Arrows, Bears and Secrets: The Role of Intelligence in Decisions on the CF-105 Program Alan Barnes Abstract Newly available information has made it possible for the first time to examine the role of intelligence in decisions on the CF-105 Arrow. These records show that Canadian intelligence assessments of the Soviet bomber threat differed from US estimates. In the late 1950s Canadian analysts stressed the imminent shift from bombers to ballistic missiles as the main danger to North America. The Diefenbaker government’s decision to cancel the Arrow program in 1959 was significantly influenced by this view of the changing strategic threat. In examining the role of intelligence, the article addresses a number of earlier myths, and provides a more complete picture of the decisions concerning this iconic Canadian aircraft. Recommended Citation Barnes, Alan "Arrows, Bears and Secrets: The Role of Intelligence in Decisions on the CF-105 Program." Canadian Military History 32, 2 (2023)

Arrows, Bears and Secrets: The Role of Intelligence in Decisions on the CF-105 Program.

Twin Otter, Caribou, and the Dash 8. de Havilland has designed and built some bangers.

The Twin Otter is here to stay, 50 year old airframes to be upgraded; instead of replacing them with the Viking Twin Otter 400. We should be buying the Guardian version as well. We are our own worst enemy.

Purchase of new planes to replace 50-year Twin Otter military aircraft now on hold

 

[Devildoc]

Ward Carroll has a great video about the incident. He's probably more in-the-know about the community than 99% of the rest of the world. The first 4:30 or so is immaterial, so start around there.

 

[DA SWO]

Link?

From the video..."it looks like it on fire".

Really? What gave it away?