Taiwan also needs F-16 fighters now, then fifth-generation F-35s later this decade, and submarines.
And John Griffins, G-R-I-F-F-I-N-S. As well as a JAG attorney representing the military was also present.
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The F-22 is stealthier and faster and has greater range and considerably more firepower than the F-35.
And isn't it telling that Japan, Israel and other allies strongly prefer the F-22 to the F-35?
The budget carries money for a dozen more F-16s and F-18s, and for many more military goodies.
The aircraft is light-years ahead of the current F-15 and F-16 in stealth capabilities, avionics and weapons systems.
The debates we had about the F-22 and the second engine for the F-35 obviously are very important.
The F-35 shouldn't cost as much as the F-22, and it's more versatile.
Ford sold 901, 000 of these workhorses, including the F-150 pickup and its cousins with larger payloads, the F-250 and F-350.
As well as Russian MiG-35s, American F-16 and F-18s, the Eurofighter and the Swedish Gripen are also tendering for the contract.
The Su-30 is an extremely capable aircraft, a potent adversary for aircraft like the F-15, F-16, Mirage 2000 and the F-18.
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As for the cost of the F-22, the same criticisms were made years ago when the F-15 and the F-18 were being developed.
Some of its marquee military aircraft include the F-35 joint strike fighter, F-16 fighter, F-22 Raptor stealth fighter and the C-130J Hercules airlifter.
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Instead of the F-22 the military will now have to make do with the F-35, a jet that has yet to go into production.
This decline in revenues related to the F-22 program was partially offset by increased production volume of F-35s under the low rate initial production contracts.
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And, in fact, a US pilot in an F-18 or F-15 would be presented with a greater challenge--by far--than anything the Iranians can present today.
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Military analysts expect South Korea to spend more on conventional weapons designed to defend it against the North, including subs, destroyers, F-15 fighter jets and possibly F-35s.
It suggested cancelling the STOVL version of the F-35 and cutting the rest of its order by half, while buying cheaper F-16s and F-18s to keep numbers up.
Their current inventory consists of 1970s-era fighters (it is doubtful that any of their F-14s are in shape for sustained combat operations) such as the F-5 and F-4.
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Across the board, every major leg of our triad from B-52s to F-15s and F-16s to our SSBNs and ICBMs is in need of replacement or significant modernization.
It was one of the best sales months in two years for F-series, which is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. So far this year, Ford has sold 434, 920 F-series pickups.
He will be succeeded in the F-35 job by Lorraine Martin, a similarly cerebral problem solver who has served as F-35 deputy program manager and previously headed other Lockheed aircraft efforts.
Some 60 other jets are Vietnam-war era F-5s mainly used for training, and hardly fit for that another two F-5s crashed on September 13th, the latest in a string of such incidents.
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In addition to the strategic nuclear forces, the U.S. has nuclear bombers consisting of F-15E and F-16 Dual-Capable Aircraft (DCA) that can deliver conventional or tactical nuclear bombs in the B61 family.
The Lockheed Martin F-35C that the Navy is officially planning to buy is a stealthy, single-engine strike fighter derived from the same technologies as the Air Force F-35A and Marine Corps F-35B.
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The company said that the Department of Defense authorized the purchase of six F-35A aircraft for the Air Force and tentatively approved the purchase of six F-35B aircraft for the Marine Corps.
"It was shocking, " says Lucovsky the 16-year veteran at Microsoft, whose departure allegedly had Microsoft Chief Executive SteveBallmerSteve Ballmer vowing to "f------g bury" Schmidt (Microsoft calls that a mischaracterization of Lucovsky's exit interview).
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Israel's installation of its own electronic warfare systems in its F-16s and F-15s is what has allowed the IAF to maintain its qualitative edge over Arab states that have also purchased the aircraft.
The New York Times has reported that a major Israeli air exercise involving more than 100 F-15 and F-16 aircraft took place in early June and was apparently designed to develop long-range bombing techniques.
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