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.
As I have said many times in the past, this horrendous federal government boondoggle should never have been allowed to come into production. It and the F-35 are nothing but death traps for our troops.
Latest published USAF 10 year Class A Mishap rate (mishaps per 100,000 flight hours) and number of pilots/crew killed during same time frame.
F-35A: 0.50. Zero pilots lost F-15: 1.6 3 pilots lost F-16: 1.49 6 pilots lost F-22: 2.20. Zero pilots lost
USMC - the USN/USN don’t summarize and publish high level stats like the USAF does, but over the same period the USMC F-35B had about five crashes and ZERO fatalities. It's a far safer plane than the Harrier and at least as safe as legacy Hornet.
The entire worldwide F-35A/B/C fleet crossed 1,000,000 flight hours last year in March 2025 and there has been ONE pilot lost, from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. Easily one of the safest fighters ever built.
shouldn't be called Osprey (Awesome)
ReplyDeleteshould be called Goose (Goofy)
Total P O S, there I corrected it for you.
DeleteAs I have said many times in the past, this horrendous federal government boondoggle should never have been allowed to come into production. It and the F-35 are nothing but death traps for our troops.
Delete“”It and the F-35 are nothing but death traps for our troops.”
DeletePure Chinese propaganda.
For perspective:
Latest published USAF 10 year Class A Mishap rate (mishaps per 100,000 flight hours) and number of pilots/crew killed during same time frame.
V-22 0.8 Zero pilots/pax killed.
H-60 0.3 Zero crew/pax killed
H-1 0.92 Zero crew/pax killed
USMC doesn’t break out numbers as readily, but comparable timeframe (FY15-FY2024)shows for Class A mishaps per 100K fling hours and fatalities:
CH-53: 5.49 9 fatalities
UH-1: 1.54 15 fatalities
MV-22 2.56 12 fatalities
H-60 all variants: 1.0-3.0 unknown fatalities
Latest published USAF 10 year Class A Mishap rate (mishaps per 100,000 flight hours) and number of pilots/crew killed during same time frame.
F-35A: 0.50. Zero pilots lost
F-15: 1.6 3 pilots lost
F-16: 1.49 6 pilots lost
F-22: 2.20. Zero pilots lost
USMC - the USN/USN don’t summarize and publish high level stats like the USAF does, but over the same period the USMC F-35B had about five crashes and ZERO fatalities. It's a far safer plane than the Harrier and at least as safe as legacy Hornet.
The entire worldwide F-35A/B/C fleet crossed 1,000,000 flight hours last year in March 2025 and there has been ONE pilot lost, from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. Easily one of the safest fighters ever built.
A couple flew over the house while changing over to land, not much higher than treetop, man are they loud.
ReplyDeleteI hear these have a horrible safety record. Any chance we can get this as the new Marine 1?
ReplyDeleteRight after Kamala is elected.
DeleteThese could have been so fantastic.
ReplyDeleteAnd they say a camel is a horse designed by a committee . . .
ReplyDeleteWonder why the president is not allowed to fly in one...
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