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How long before F-35 apologists start claiming that being able to fly is not a key combat role?
I pop in to the Chapo discord and there's always at least one guy who is die-hard "Aktuly the F-35 is a really good program and the naysayers are just in the bag for the F-22, so you shouldn't listen to them."
Incidentally, I've also heard all the critics of Boeing are being paid by Airbus.
I'm in the bag for the damn F-16. It should have never been abandoned, they should have just built hundreds and hundreds of the things with robot brains.
Okay but 16 is less than half of 35
More seriously, they do have F-16s with robot brains. They're called Predators and they're terrifying, particularly when employed inside a defensive perimeter.
But they're not great at power projection. F-22s/35s are built for extended range.