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The criticisms section is both misleading about industry opinion wrt the F-35 and avoids actual controversies in the F-35's development. This article is mainly about the NGAD program but it also covers many of the issues US Secretary of the Airforce, Frank Kendall, had with the F-35's development process. Performance isn't even mentioned. Instead the issues highlighted revolve around failing to secure the intellectual property around the jet and the "concurrency" approach to procurement which lead to the F-35 going into production during development. This seems like a much better fit for the criticisms section. Humorless Wokescold ( talk) 03:09, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
Aren't most planes weatherproof? As a layman, the inclusion of "all-weather" in the lede is puzzling, especially as there's no other mention of "weather" in the article and no link for context. I gather from a search of the Talk archives that the plane has been accused of being vulnerable to lightning (ironic or what?), and this could be in response to that accusation? AlmostReadytoFly ( talk) 09:10, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
This is the most expensive/costliest weapons program in world history - E.g. The most expensive US defense project ever, The world’s costliest weapons program. I think that should be a clear statement in the lede (if not first paragraph, with the amount). It is in the body of the article, but it is probably one of the most notable fact about the topic. Aszx5000 ( talk) 22:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
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The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. The aircraft descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, with development funded principally by the United States, with additional funding from program partner countries from NATO. Its first flight took place in 2006 and it entered service with the United States Air Force in 2015. Its first combat operation was in the 2018 Operation House of Cards by the Israeli Air Force. The F-35 Lightning II has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing F-35B, and the carrier-based F-35C. This photograph shows an F-35C conducting a test flight over Chesapeake Bay in 2011. Photograph credit: Andy Wolfe
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As a North American vehicle, it should probably be part of WikiProject Military history/North American military. However, I need to hear if this should be the case - BeeboMan ( talk) 18:26, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
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The criticisms section is both misleading about industry opinion wrt the F-35 and avoids actual controversies in the F-35's development. This article is mainly about the NGAD program but it also covers many of the issues US Secretary of the Airforce, Frank Kendall, had with the F-35's development process. Performance isn't even mentioned. Instead the issues highlighted revolve around failing to secure the intellectual property around the jet and the "concurrency" approach to procurement which lead to the F-35 going into production during development. This seems like a much better fit for the criticisms section. Humorless Wokescold ( talk) 03:09, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
Aren't most planes weatherproof? As a layman, the inclusion of "all-weather" in the lede is puzzling, especially as there's no other mention of "weather" in the article and no link for context. I gather from a search of the Talk archives that the plane has been accused of being vulnerable to lightning (ironic or what?), and this could be in response to that accusation? AlmostReadytoFly ( talk) 09:10, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
This is the most expensive/costliest weapons program in world history - E.g. The most expensive US defense project ever, The world’s costliest weapons program. I think that should be a clear statement in the lede (if not first paragraph, with the amount). It is in the body of the article, but it is probably one of the most notable fact about the topic. Aszx5000 ( talk) 22:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
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The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. The aircraft descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, with development funded principally by the United States, with additional funding from program partner countries from NATO. Its first flight took place in 2006 and it entered service with the United States Air Force in 2015. Its first combat operation was in the 2018 Operation House of Cards by the Israeli Air Force. The F-35 Lightning II has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing F-35B, and the carrier-based F-35C. This photograph shows an F-35C conducting a test flight over Chesapeake Bay in 2011. Photograph credit: Andy Wolfe
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As a North American vehicle, it should probably be part of WikiProject Military history/North American military. However, I need to hear if this should be the case - BeeboMan ( talk) 18:26, 24 June 2024 (UTC)