Yes, it has been a while since I last reported on the horrendous US Lockheed Martin F-35 "Lightning II" flying piece of shit (POS) "fighter" aircraft, that is an abysmal failure that will bleed any nation that buys this flying turkey to death.... I have already covered at this blog a very long list of this POS's failings, and I am still astonished that governments, including mine here in the formerly free nation of Canada, are so willing to purchase and add this flying death trap to their arsenal.....Well, I found the following article today that comes from the Asia Times website, at www.atimes.com, as further proof that this "F35" is an unmitigated disaster, and I do want to share its findings with my own readers here... This article is entitled: "Pentagon's New F-35 Fighter Assessment Paints An Ugly Picture" and is absolutely a must read by everyone.. I have it right here,and of course my own thoughts and comments to follow:Pentagon’s new F-35 fighter assessment paints an ugly picture
Leaked details of report come as top defense official criticizes stealth aircraft program
The US F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is under fire yet again, with leaks of an upcoming report revealing some shocking shortcomings.A day after the acting US defense secretary called into question the performance of the fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, Bloomberg released details of a Pentagon report scheduled to be released this week.Among the troubling findings is the estimated service life of the aircraft, which data suggests “may be as low as 2,100” fleet hours, versus the expected service life of 8,000.“Interim reliability and field maintenance metrics to meeting planned 80% goal not being met,” according to the report, which translates into decreased availability for training. “Current fleet performance ‘well below’ that benchmark.”The assessment also pointed to cybersecurity vulnerabilities that have not been resolved and problems with computerized maintenance tools.Pilots and maintenance personnel “must deal w pervasive problems w data integrity, completeness on a daily basis,” one tester was quoted as saying.On Tuesday, acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan was pressed to clarify his previous criticisms of the F-35 program, and whether he was biased due to his ties to a competitor of F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin.“I am biased toward performance,” Shanahan told reporters. “I am biased toward giving the taxpayer their money’s worth. And the F-35, unequivocally, I can say, has a lot of opportunity for more performance.”Shanahan previously worked as an executive for Boeing, which is reportedly hoping to sell its F-15 fighters to the Pentagon.The F-35 program has long been plagued with criticisms of its costliness and development delays.NTS Notes: Again... WHY am I not shocked at all about the findings shown in this article? I have been arguing here for years now that this F35 flying turkey is not only an unmitigated disaster, but any sane nation that is stupid enough to buy and fly this POS will be sorry as enemy aircraft that will be vastly superior will easily blow it out of the sky!I am especially disgusted by the Trudeau regime in Ottawa, that has decided to instead of scrapping this "F35 purchase" from the criminals at Lockheed Martin, for some 65 of these flying turkeys under the previous Harper regime, to actually be stupid enough to up that purchase to as many as 88 of these POS's!In fact, I do want to share the link to a new article that came out just the other day showing that not only is the Trudeau regime stupid enough to purchase these flying turkeys, but that the the plans to purchase these horrendous flying turkeys has put Canada on the hook for a bigger share of the costs to actually fly and maintain these turkeys... Here is that link here for all to see for themselves:https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2019/01/30/plan-to-buy-more-fighter-jets-puts-canada-on-hook-for-bigger-share-of-f-35-costs/#.XFOM-S2-JsYI for one was shocked after reading this report, for the facts that even though Canada has (supposedly) reopened the "bidding" for a proper aircraft to replace our military's fleet of aging CF18 Hornets, we are now on the "hook" for additional costs for this flying turkey's development that still is no where ready for any kind of service in Canada itself... This is an abomination, as far as I am concerned...So.... There we have it... More bad news about this POS and I still am shocked that the criminals behind Lockheed Martin are pushing it down our throats... The F35 "program" in the US is already slated to cost over 2 TRILLION DOLLARS now, and the costs keep rising.... I would say to the numbskulls in the US military to cut their losses and look elsewhere for a proper fighter plane that can actually "fight" and not fall for the lie of "stealth" in wanting this flying turkey....AND I am still hoping that the Trudeau regime also scraps their purchase of this POS as well.. However, considering how stupid Justin Trudeau is and how his regime is indeed wasting Canadian taxpayer money at a near record pace, I would not doubt that they have ok'ed this deal with Lockheed Martin... The result will be Canadian taxpayers bled to death from this purchase and the Canadian military having a plane that will be useless in any combat situation....More to comeNTS