And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, April 3, 2023
Three generations of aircraft developed by the Lockheed Skunk Works in Palmdale, California F-117 Nighthawk, SR-71 Blackbird and an X-35A JSF demonstrator.
I don't understand. The SR-71 is the fastest production plane out there. The F-117 is a retired stealth fighter. The F-35 is the second most capable fighter jet in the world. The F-22 may be old but is still the Queen Bee. The three Lockheed aircraft are all leading edge technology aircraft. That would be 3 out of 3.
No kidding - the commetariat loves to crap on the F-35. Was just talking to some folks who are out there figuring whole new ways to run the Wild Weasal mission with the capability the F-35 brings and our military doesn't like to send out a strike package with at least one gen 5 fighter in the mix to be eyes ,ears, and brains.
It's a remarkable circumstance that the oldest of all of them, by about 30+ years, the one that was designed and built pretty much before the advent of the computer age, is still the baddest ass of them all for pure flying capability.
In the words of Meatloaf, "Two outta three ain't bad."
ReplyDeleteI don't understand. The SR-71 is the fastest production plane out there. The F-117 is a retired stealth fighter. The F-35 is the second most capable fighter jet in the world. The F-22 may be old but is still the Queen Bee. The three Lockheed aircraft are all leading edge technology aircraft. That would be 3 out of 3.
DeleteNo kidding - the commetariat loves to crap on the F-35. Was just talking to some folks who are out there figuring whole new ways to run the Wild Weasal mission with the capability the F-35 brings and our military doesn't like to send out a strike package with at least one gen 5 fighter in the mix to be eyes ,ears, and brains.
DeleteIt's a remarkable circumstance that the oldest of all of them, by about 30+ years, the one that was designed and built pretty much before the advent of the computer age, is still the baddest ass of them all for pure flying capability.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell Kelly Johnson is gone. National treasure he was.
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