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Well, the whole project has been a overbudget nightmare of a train wreck.

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>The Pentagon has significantly reduced planned procurements of F-35 fifth generation fighters for Fiscal Year 2026, cutting numbers to just 47 aircraft, which represents a 45 percent reduction from the 86 aircraft acquired in Fiscal Year 2024. Orders include just 24 of the F-35A variant for the Air Force, or less than half of prior procurement numbers, as well as 11 of the F-35B variant for the U.S. Marine Corps, and 12 F-35C variants, of which the Navy will receive eight and the Marines four. The Department of Defence cutting of its planned F-35A procurements by 50 percent to 24 fighters for Fiscal Year 2026 was first reported in June, following new allocation of funding to develop the F-47 sixth generation fighter.

Well, the whole project has been a overbudget nightmare of a train wreck. Archive: https://archive.today/ytwLa From the post: >>The Pentagon has significantly reduced planned procurements of F-35 fifth generation fighters for Fiscal Year 2026, cutting numbers to just 47 aircraft, which represents a 45 percent reduction from the 86 aircraft acquired in Fiscal Year 2024. Orders include just 24 of the F-35A variant for the Air Force, or less than half of prior procurement numbers, as well as 11 of the F-35B variant for the U.S. Marine Corps, and 12 F-35C variants, of which the Navy will receive eight and the Marines four. The Department of Defence cutting of its planned F-35A procurements by 50 percent to 24 fighters for Fiscal Year 2026 was first reported in June, following new allocation of funding to develop the F-47 sixth generation fighter.

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Makes sense. Why churn out cash for a program that pushes out subpar product? I have pundits that say the JSF is more advanced than the F22, which I really doubt, on top of the fact we still don't call for the JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) for sortie, escort, intercept - we call on F15 (ex), F16, or F18. The only thing keeping the JPO open is FMS. if we're really serious about evolving our fleets, we need to divest.

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I'm pretty sure the F22 would best the F35 in a dogfight every day of the week.

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USAF created their own in-house project to try to make a new 6th gen. It is extremely capable based on what is publicly available I don't remember what it is called though. They did it to prove the F-35 was basically over priced garbage. They were right. The project is probably shut down and everyone involved is probably dead now.