>>65219697(OP) while the grippentards still pose a minor threat the jazz producer never will. rest in piss. Press S to spit
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Anonymous06/09/26(Tue)00:37:24
>>65219697(OP) Who could have predicted a program combining French design and German bureaucracy would have failed?
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Anonymous06/09/26(Tue)00:38:30
I always liked the F-35, because it was in HAWX and I have fond memories of playing it in the Chicago mission. I was sad as a kid when I’d read all the news about it having issues, so I’m happy it’s doing well. Hopefully AC8 is quick on the 6th generation dlcs when they’re shown publicly
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Anonymous06/09/26(Tue)00:38:53
>>65220444 Apparently the Germans, French, and Spaniards.
>>65219705 I don't know how people can go "USA, USA" unironically in this current climate. While it was amusing initially, personally I've grown tired of all this "winning" over the year.
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Anonymous06/09/26(Tue)21:27:49
>>65219697(OP) That was probably the smartest decision that the Luftwaffe did in the past 20 yrs.
>>65220211 OG F-16 in the 70's was absolute dogshit on all levels. They mixed the worst lessons from nam with unfiltered reformer retardation. Only by loading the airframe with as much tech upgrades as she could carry did they eventually manage to mould her into a capable multi-role platform many decades after her introduction and completely contrary to how she was initially visualized to operate
>>65223097 >many decades after her introduction wha? they had it worked out as a tactical multi-role fighter before it finished prototyping. hence why it changed from the LWF program to the ACF program. all production F-16s had all-weather look-down/shoot-down fire control radars and were NOT fighter mafia air superiority day fighters.
>>65223097 Within context, the low-high mix was necessary because purchasing an all-F-15 force would be too costly, and at the time it only needed to be the rich man's F-5. The design may have been a bone thrown at the Reformers but when it was introduced specialized aircraft were still the norm, so it all worked out in the end as there was time to modernize the F-16 as role-specific airframes were phased out.
>>65223097 The only combloc fighter with a radar operating at this level of sophistication in 1978 were… nothing. mig31 prototypes if you count those, but no one with a brain would
I'm still pissed the Finns didn't put a swastika on their new F-35.
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)18:20:51
>>65223653 >vs the party with the most corporate donors Ooooooooof
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)18:51:08
>>65227458 Oh, fair. They will probably wait until Trump is out of office and then make the purchase so they don't have to be seen buying weapons from Orange Man.
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)18:53:32
>>65228732 >jeopardizing your country's self defense because of tds Man future historians are going to have a TOUGH time explaining European actions.
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)19:04:01
Dominating an enemy who wants you dead is considered losing to some.
>>65228761 sorry this is a thread for planes that people want to buy, go find the Eurofighter thread
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)19:42:00
>>65219705 >American woman moment >all the time Okay
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)19:45:56
>>65220444 German bureaucracy French design Itanin electronics British manufacturing Spanish discipline Greek work schedule Belgian sexual positions Scandinavian food
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)20:02:31
>>65222959 Nobody cares, faggot. Go cry with the other 3.2 GPA communications majors.
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)20:19:21
>>65228846 >American woman moment >all the time Also yes. (Unfortunately)
>>65229037 this is a thread for planes with 10+ customers, not 20+ failed bids
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)21:02:34
>>65228739 euros making shortsighted decisions because they dislike the sitting US president is nothing new. i just hope they don't go running to an eastern dictator as a counterweight this time.
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)21:03:05
>>65228980 Every chef I've met is a socially awkward alcoholic who hates his kids (that had out of wedlock with his girlfriend of five plus years). Makes sense the Scandis are over-represented