F-35 F-35 Lightning II Fighters F-35 Lockheed Martin is a “fiasco” and faces a “huge problem,” writes the magazine Popular Mechanics, referring to the statement of the US House of Representatives John Garamendi.
“We buy more aircraft, [but] can not be serviced old, so the more we buy, the worse the overall performance. It should stop,” said Democrat.
The publication discloses that, most likely, the politician meant the high cost of the aircraft flight hour, is currently a component of 35 thousand dollars against 27 thousand for fighters of the fourth generation.
Another assumption of the magazine – Democrat, perhaps, spoke of the feasibility of purchasing fourth-generation fighters instead of upgrading the old F-35 Lightning II. Currently, the cost of updating such fighters of the fifth generation acquired for 40 billion dollars is more than 12 billion.
In March, General Richard Dannat, in 2006-2009, headed by the General Staff (Sun) of the United Kingdom, stated that the F-35B Lightning II fighter ruins the Ministry of Defense.
In January, Christopher Miller, who holds the post of Acting Minister of Defense of the United States, called the F-35 Lightning II Create Program. “