The first F-35 jets ready for combat won’t be able to protect forces in ground combat as well as the nearly 40-year-old A-10s the Pentagon wants to retire, according to the Defense Department’s chief weapons tester.

The first F-35 jets ready for combat won’t be able to protect forces in ground combat as well as the nearly 40-year-old A-10s the Pentagon wants to retire, according to the Defense Department’s chief weapons tester.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-14/first-f-35-jets-to-lack-ground-combat-punch-of-1970s-era-a-10s?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2ASituation%20Report&utm_campaign=SitRep0415



Submitted April 15, 2015 at 10:54PM by bendymcbenders

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