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Originally Posted by Zulu29
Agreed. And I’m on record for not supporting the F35 in the past. But given that bombardier is a dumpster fire (was hoping they could build the rafale here), the fact that the govt is obsessed with the super hornet (inferior plane with a lot of issues) I think it’s time to just call a spade a spade and buy the damn F35.
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I don't know why Trudeau can't just stand up and say, "I was wrong when I promised not to buy the F-35". Politicians break promises all the time, I don't see why this should be any different.
Even if he says "let's open a competition to find the best plane, even if it ends up being the F-35", that's fine. I would respect him more for admitting he was wrong.
But this whole exercise of buying an "interim" fighter to fill a "capability gap", Super Hornet or otherwise, is just ridiculous. Especially when the Air Force has said there is no "capability gap".
I say just tell the politicians to butt out, give the Air Force a budget, and let them buy whatever the hell they want. It's going to be their plane, let
them decide which one it should be!