People forget that the F-18 and the Tomcats had serious developmental issues. The Superhornet still has issues with their O2 system as well.
I mean people think that the development of a highly advanced next generation fighter jet is like building a car. There's always going to be a bug list, that starts big and gets smaller.
I mean frankly people were hanging onto the report that the f-35 lost in a simulated battle to an F-15, but don't mark down the the F-35 was a stripped down model without a lot of the features that make it special.
Then it goes to Red Flag and basically kills everything and people ignore it.
I'm still convinced that this will end up be.
Frankly compare the fix list from 5 years ago to today, and the fact that its now starting to be deployed, and I'm on the side of not a lemon.
And by the time Canada gets their thumb out in terms of buying in 2020-23 unless we're buying a Chinese J-20 or the Russian or India 5gen fighter there won't be much of a battle.
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