Re: might actually turn out not to be the bad joke it currently is.
A few months ago I saw a series of documentaries on PBS (the freesat version), covering famous US military aviation examples such as the A10, the Apache, the Osprey, etc. Mostly the story went like this: promising prototype, followed by a dicey/shambolic development process involving deaths and/or accidents, cost overruns, and near cancellations. After finally entering service (possibly by the skin of its teeth) and getting the significant problems ironed out, followed by people all agreeing what a wonderful craft it was.
I wonder if the F35 will follow this path, or not?
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