« Last post by Libertas on April 19, 2024, 01:11:57 PM »
At least the F-22 had a much better maintenance record, could stay in the air...and even now could still be the foremost Gen5 plane on the planet...
The F-35 benefitted from early gate-stumbling of the Boeing X-32 when the RFP's went out for the JSF...the X-32 had a funky unsexy profile, a difficult wing configuration...F-35 basically won by default and why there were no other players (there were I think 5 when the F-22 was selected as ATF winner) I dunno. There should have been more competition, collaboration...something.
America was Founded on the precepts of the natural God-given rights of man...equal treatment under the law is a big part of that...if it doesn't exist, then the law has been eliminated...its' all or nothing...either all are equal under the law or all are equal without the law...