F35 vs. A10?

[Speaker to Animals]

F-18 is not a real air superiority fighter either, dude. It's a rough analog of an F-35 in the previous generation.

[Smitty-48]

Canada doesn't care, dude, the RCAF is not really for fighting wars.

[Smitty-48]

Moreover, Russian fighters can't even reach Canada.

Only bombers.

So that's not an Air Superiority tasking.

NORAD is air policing. Big difference.

The RCAF has the F-18 for the same reason the USMC does.

Attack and Strike, that's all Canada has ever used them for.

[Smitty-48]

By the way, this is the greatest CF-18 pilot of them all.

Billie Flynn commanded the CF-18's in Kosovo which was Canada's biggest air combat mission since WWII

No CF-18 pilot has flown more combat sorties than this guy.

[StCapps]

By the way, this is the greatest CF-18 pilot of them all.

Billie Flynn commanded the CF-18's in Kosovo which was Canada's biggest air combat mission since WWII

No CF-18 pilot has flown more combat sorties than this guy.

Oh look, an Air Force Veteran who actually knows what he's talking about, instead of peddling bullshit talking points like NDPStA.

[Smitty-48]

By the way, this is the greatest CF-18 pilot of them all.

Billie Flynn commanded the CF-18's in Kosovo which was Canada's biggest air combat mission since WWII

No CF-18 pilot has flown more combat sorties than this guy.

Oh look, an Air Force Veteran who actually knows what he's talking about, instead of peddling bullshit talking points like NDPStA.

Second generation RCAF fighter pilot, his father was one too.

[Smitty-48]

Mo Flynn

[Smitty-48]

USMC VMFA-211 F-35B refuel during combat mission over Afghanistan.

Note the 25x137mm GAU-22 rotary cannon in stealth low observable gun pod, centerline mounted.

[Smitty-48]

USAF Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Jon Beesley.

Test pilot for F-117 and YF-22.

https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/jon-s-beesley/

[Speaker to Animals]

All the Lockmart marketing woo woo aside, here is a cold dose of hard truth:

A source familiar with the discussions told Combat Aircraft that as early as March 2016, various fighter aircraft manufacturers were being called to the Pentagon for quiet conversations about possible solutions regarding new-build fourth-generation fighters. The Pentagon was apparently concerned that relying entirely upon the F-35 wasn’t an optimal or sufficiently versatile solution. Operation and maintenance costs of the F-35 were running far higher than expected and the air force needed to be able to quickly transition squadrons to new fighters. The conversation was geared to what was readily available off the production line, what was low risk and what wouldn’t require a protracted development project.

https://combataircraft.keypublishing.co ... -new-eagle


The Pentagon is not exactly satisfied with the F-35 and Lockheed Martin.