F-35B Demo

This past weekend at MCAS Yuma.

Wow nice detail What a complex exhaust!

$299 million dollars worth

I read $252M for the 35B. Still a ridiculous amount of money.

Nice shots!

Nice shots. I know these are state of the art aircraft...but doesn't it seem to lack the intimidation factor of the F-15, F-16 and F-18...i know its far superior to these but it just doesnt seem to have that look you would expect from a badass machine....i don't know...maybe its just me...lol

Nice set. I wonder if Canada has scrapped the plan to buy them. Original cost & maintenance costs went WAY BEYOND what was originally presented to parliament. That caused quite a stir once the true costs were calculated.

cicopo wrote in post #16770327
Nice set. I wonder if Canada has scrapped the plan to buy them. Original cost & maintenance costs went WAY BEYOND what was originally presented to parliament. That caused quite a stir once the true costs were calculated.

Yeah last I read today, Dassault was heavily pitching the Rafale to us. They were offering up jobs and technology sharing I believe. One thing in the Rafale's favor is the twin engines in my opinion. Might be a bit of pucker factor flying over the arctic with only one engine doing the pushing in the case of the F35. The stealth factor of the F35 cant be underrated however.

Excellent shots!

Nice shots