Head of US military kit-testing slams F-35, says it's scarcely fit to fly

[rangerrebew]

Head of US military kit-testing slams F-35, says it's scarcely fit to fly
 
3 Apr 2017 at 07:02, Richard Chirgwin

Now-retired Dr Michael Gilmore, until recently the Director of Test and Evaluation for the US military, has published his final evaluation of the F-35 program, and it's a treat.

In his parting report (PDF), deliciously dated April 1*, Gilmore details a host of issues remaining with the US$391 billion-and-counting project, with everything from its combat-readiness to its wing design under the microscope.

“The Services have designated 276 deficiencies in combat performance as “critical to correct” in Block 3F, but less than half of the critical deficiencies were addressed with attempted corrections in 3FR6”, the report states.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/03/gilmore_farewells_trump_government_slamming_the_f35_again/

[txradioguy]

You would have thought the military would have learned it's lesson on boondoggles like this with the F-111.  That was the last time IIRC tha the Pentagon attempted a catch all plane for the three branches with jet aviation.

This plane is such a flying disaster the Marines are dusting off the old OV-10 Bronco for CAS against ISIS in Afghanistan...partially due to the fact the F-35 sucks at CAS for troops on the ground.

How many more F-22's could have been built and how many A-10's could have been upgraded and/or brought out of mothballs for the amount of money that's been wasted on the F-35?