This. Ironically, the B is the best version, despite being the most expensive.
The C variant is overpriced caca, Navy should've never budged on their twin-engine requirement, and the A variant is just an expensive interceptor (since the moment it gets external hardpoints you lose the stealth, and its performance drops).
There is no such thing as "losing stealth"
A F-35A with external hardpoints is still gonna have a lower radar cross section then an F-16 with external hardpoints (which is mandatory)
And A2A F-35 with internal loadout holds more fuel (18,000lbs) and 4 AIM-120s
vs an F-16 which has 4 AIM-120s and 2 AIM-9s and 12,000 or 15,000 lbs of fuel depending on whether 370 or 600 gal external tanks are carrier.
An F-35 with 2 AIM-9s on external hardpoints is still going to be less observable then an F-16 with it's standard A2A loadout
> VTOL is the coolest shit ever > Can takeoff with runaways bombed out > Faster response time > Dream plane, can land in backyard > Can do drift gun runs
Yes but allows you to take off from runaways can’t. They will never be used in a pure VTOL manner, more of a running short take off. Like that one on the Queen Elizabeth that fell into the ocean.
Just a reminder that the first viable VTOL fighter was British. It wasn't bad, as the Argentinians found out, to the degree that the USAF adopted it and improved it with carbon fibre wings
Why? The harrier is not much better than the skyhawk, plus the US gave the sidewinder only to the UK. The argies were also limited by air refuel and range, so after the Belgrano sunk I don't think they could had use the Harrier from land like they did with the navy's Skyhawk.
>Europeans, liberals, and other forms of homosexual spend 2010s complaining about F-35's cost >when F-35 ships it's actually cheaper than the Rafale and Eurofighter for a dramatically better capability
surplus income.
The goal is to frick over Swedes for their homosexualry in Vietnam, and in general.
to piss you off, personally
Because the Marines wanted it. What did you expect from the service branch that eats crayons?
The harrier did need a replacement. I think thats all its gonna be good for. The CATOBAR variant is eh. AF variant is stewpid
This. Ironically, the B is the best version, despite being the most expensive.
The C variant is overpriced caca, Navy should've never budged on their twin-engine requirement, and the A variant is just an expensive interceptor (since the moment it gets external hardpoints you lose the stealth, and its performance drops).
There is no such thing as "losing stealth"
A F-35A with external hardpoints is still gonna have a lower radar cross section then an F-16 with external hardpoints (which is mandatory)
And A2A F-35 with internal loadout holds more fuel (18,000lbs) and 4 AIM-120s
vs an F-16 which has 4 AIM-120s and 2 AIM-9s and 12,000 or 15,000 lbs of fuel depending on whether 370 or 600 gal external tanks are carrier.
An F-35 with 2 AIM-9s on external hardpoints is still going to be less observable then an F-16 with it's standard A2A loadout
>Why are Americans like this???
A lot of countries are scrambling to buy them now.
VTOL jets are neat and I'm glad the Americans are using terabillions of dollars to make them
that jet has an anal prolapse
>decamillions
Who the frick writes like that?
eurogays who want to sound smart, that's who, probably some swede seething no one will buy his shitty jets anymore
15 year olds who don't know how to communicate. The rest of his post is a meme template regurgitated with his own unique "spin" as well.
Funnily enough, decamillions would mean only tens of millions were spent, making it an absolute bargain.
makes knocking out an airforce by destroying runways impossible, seems worth it to me
>Thinks STOL/VTOL was the main thing the F-35 was built for
Why are African Black folk like this?
> VTOL is the coolest shit ever
> Can takeoff with runaways bombed out
> Faster response time
> Dream plane, can land in backyard
> Can do drift gun runs
Doesn’t vtol mode guzzle fuel at a great rate?
Of course, unlike the F-35 that piece of shit uses three completely separate distinct jet engines to achieve VTOL.
Yes but allows you to take off from runaways can’t. They will never be used in a pure VTOL manner, more of a running short take off. Like that one on the Queen Elizabeth that fell into the ocean.
>America
>Caring about gas mileage
cope harder eurocuck unlike you we have the money for it
>vertical landing
>piece of shit plane isnt even all weather
no, unirocially for wut purpose???
Because we can.
Why aren't the trees on fire from the heat?
VTOL is just cool.
What do you mean? Because its cool.
Because we can afford it.
>runways
Because it more than doubles the number of ships we can call aircraft carriers.
The Japanese have a new Kaga because of it.
>The Japanese have a new Kaga because of it.
Yup
>do cool shit
>random cuckold euro starts b***hing about it
If the Japs did this you'd be sucking their toes, enough of your whining.
>random cuckold euro starts b***hing about it
I thought Bongs wanted VTOL.
Brits are not the ones b***hing.
Marines want VTOL
Brits want VTOL
Japs want VTOL
Harriers have been in service for too long.
Also Italians. Also maybe Spaniards. Also maybe Koreans but not really.
Flex
better to be safe than sorry
The customer is always right!
STOVL is SOVLFVLL
That’s not an osprey
Because we can.
So pilots can t-bag their kills without getting out
it's actually not a lot of money when you look at the ammount of money we spend developing shitty tv shows.
Doesn't the VTOL only work once the payload is spent, or without any payload?
suddenly they have 10+15 aircraft carriers. And the small ones aren't limited to the Harrier
As opposed to what? Feeding you. Taking care of u like a baby? Well I don't get to frick you mother so until then I'ma focus on VTOL, ESL b***h.
You mad, Chang?
>i wonder what the strategic advantage is of being able to land vertically is
the state of /k/
because frick you and your shitty third world cope planes
lewd
Because we have to stop terrorists.
spoken like a true poorgay
To turn their heli carriers into a platform that can deploy 15 stealth fighters.
Just a reminder that the first viable VTOL fighter was British. It wasn't bad, as the Argentinians found out, to the degree that the USAF adopted it and improved it with carbon fibre wings
Funny, the brits wanted to sell the harrier to the argentines in 1981, argies kept the Skyhawk
I did not know that, but a quick Google shows you are correct.
We dodged a bullet there - literally.
Why? The harrier is not much better than the skyhawk, plus the US gave the sidewinder only to the UK. The argies were also limited by air refuel and range, so after the Belgrano sunk I don't think they could had use the Harrier from land like they did with the navy's Skyhawk.
>Europeans, liberals, and other forms of homosexual spend 2010s complaining about F-35's cost
>when F-35 ships it's actually cheaper than the Rafale and Eurofighter for a dramatically better capability
>Ignores downstream and operational costs
shiggy
Harrier was cool as frick so is the F35b, also it's the most expensive so it doubles as a flex.
Because it makes Marine Expeditionary Units one of the most versatile tasking units ever.