US to Stage F-35-Versus-Warthog Bake-Off in 2018
31st August 2015
US brass-hats have decided when the F-35 “Joint Strike Fighter” will finally be ready to take on the ancient A10 “Warthog”: in another three years, give or take a little.
My prediction is that the game will be rigged to make sure that the F-35 wins. Nobody in the hierarchy can afford to have its pet pig appear without enough lipstick to disguise its innately porcine nature, even if it has to be added with Photoshop.
August 31st, 2015 at 14:35
Safe bet. Wouldn’t be the first time or the last.
The A-10 was designed using input from a German pilot who destroyed an amazing number of Soviet tanks. The Pentagon hates the idea that someone who actually flies one of their toys might know more than a ring-knocker with stars on his shoulder.