2D thrust vectoring for the F-35A and F-35C?

"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:14:12 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:31:57 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
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Agreed. I wasn't putting this forward as something that is likely
to
happen,
just what might happen if the Raptor program was terminated.

Yeah, I figured as much, which is why I pointed out the big
conditional
"if"
in your post; not sure Scott caught that.

Yeah I got it. I think I was overwhelmed by the spots in front of
my
eyes and the onset of tunnel vision at the thought of "cancelled
F-22".

Even if the USAF gets the 160 F-22s, the F-35 will have to pull much
of
the
F-15's current duty. It is not as though the F-35 with a high level
of
capability is optional.

snip of completely unqualified opinion

As determined by Splapsy.

As defined by your lack of any connection to the discussion at hand,
Ferrin.


Well so much for Tarver being "reformed". You lasted what, four or
five days? I guess it was too much to expect for you to turn over a
new leaf.

I never made any claim that I was going to reform.

Any way the F-22 program turns out now, I will have been correct in my
agreement with the Congressman for California that the program should
have
died in '98.

*massive eye roll* No matter how it turns out huh? Well I'm glad you
are happy in that little fantasy world you've constructed for
yourself.

They are not enough F-22s to be cost competitive in an era of reliable
airborn weapons delivery platforms. The airplane is already on the wrong
side of the 2000 mil-spec procurement break.

The F-35 is going to have to do the job, outside some USAF
F-18E buy.

The USAF would buy more F-15s before they'd buy any "Super" Hornets.

Gephardt is retiring, the USAF's options have been reduced.