Postby Dave Hayfield » March 3rd, 2016, 12:10 am
Whilst on the subject of government decisions, who thinks the right decision was made to axe the Harriers and sell all of our remaining ones to the American Navy so that they could keep their Sea Harriers flying till 2035. The replacement STOVL aircraft on our new carriers is supposed to be the F35B. It seems to me that we are the only country conned into buying the B version and with the amount of problems besetting the 'plane it will probably never be brought into successful operation. If we do get any that actually fly, and only three are on order so far, the operating costs are projected to be phenominal compared to other military aircraft.
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