Reply to post: Re: "It won't"

UK's first transatlantic F-35 delivery flight delayed by weather

Mark 85

Re: "It won't"

Even worse, our planes are the wretched F-35B, sacrificing over a third of fuel capacity to the Heath-Robinson lift fan, so you have a lot of refuelling for a plane whose operational range was already pitiful

I don't think these are the "jump jets" for what has been called "carriers", but the land based version. No blowhard fans, a tad lighter and more maneuverable with a bit more range. And lot fewer maintenance headaches*.

*Not saying the non-jump version doesn't have maintenance headaches... just a comparison.

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