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USAF grounds F-35s due to crumbling fuel tanks

https://www.rt.com/usa/359613-air-force-ground-f-35-crumblin...
cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal
  09/17/16
Heroic stoic Russians would have simply let the jets blow up...
lascivious roommate hall
  09/17/16
No, they would have built a fuel tank that works. https:...
cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal
  09/17/16
looks primitive
Low-t Codepig Lodge
  10/21/16
?? Sounds like the USMC and USN versions are fine but the AF...
Out-of-control brunch
  09/17/16
The ones that have the tank issue need to be stripped down a...
cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal
  09/17/16
its like 10 planes. relax
medicated spot
  09/17/16
LJL they only have like 100 total.
cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal
  09/17/16
right... they are in the process of delivering the first one...
medicated spot
  09/17/16
LJL at this spin. This is a $1 trillion dollar program and e...
cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal
  09/17/16
Does it bother you that we can spend Russia's GDP on a crapp...
cerebral school cafeteria
  09/17/16
It should bother you that Russia builds a better fighter for...
cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal
  09/17/16
Is that the same PAK-FA that Alexander Zelin, then chief of ...
ponyboy curtis
  09/17/16
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massive kitchen
  09/17/16
ARE reptile, once again, done here.
bossy mental disorder
  09/17/16
BS.
cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal
  09/17/16
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Contagious disrespectful philosopher-king theater stage
  09/17/16
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ponyboy curtis
  09/17/16
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effete lettuce base
  09/17/16
Omg.
cyan territorial idiot roast beef
  09/17/16
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effete lettuce base
  09/17/16
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Laughsome doctorate
  09/17/16
that would be the one
floppy learning disabled stead
  09/17/16
https://twitter.com/Rogozin/status/775847840497238016 180...
cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal
  09/17/16
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-is-what-a-bbqd-russian...
bossy mental disorder
  09/17/16
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ponyboy curtis
  09/18/16
An Are Reptile is det.
lascivious roommate hall
  09/17/16
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ponyboy curtis
  04/05/17
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Flushed wonderful headpube
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snowy irate candlestick maker
  04/15/17
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Transparent supple set main people
  06/01/17
it's fair, the f35 is an overpriced piece of shit
amber place of business
  09/17/16
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ponyboy curtis
  09/17/16
It effects 57 jets -- more than half the fleet. Jets will be...
cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal
  09/17/16
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ponyboy curtis
  09/17/16
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ponyboy curtis
  09/19/16
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ponyboy curtis
  09/23/16
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ponyboy curtis
  09/23/16
http://www.defensenews.com/articles/bogdan-f-35-coolant-line...
Laughsome doctorate
  09/23/16
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ponyboy curtis
  10/10/16
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ponyboy curtis
  11/21/16
this is what happens when try to phase out XO A10's over TLS...
drunken alpha piazza
  11/21/16
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ponyboy curtis
  04/15/17
didn't the SR-71 also leak a ton of fuel even before lift of...
carmine son of senegal
  04/15/17
Yeah. The tanks would only seal once it reached operating te...
ponyboy curtis
  04/15/17
Military procurement is shot through with waste, abuse and f...
Federal coffee pot
  04/15/17
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ponyboy curtis
  05/12/17
TLS F-35's The perfect shitlib plane.
Tan coldplay fan giraffe
  06/01/17


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Date: September 17th, 2016 8:24 AM
Author: cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal

https://www.rt.com/usa/359613-air-force-ground-f-35-crumbling/

Yankee uber plane! Primitive Yankees cant even make a working fuel tank.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427303)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 8:37 AM
Author: lascivious roommate hall

Heroic stoic Russians would have simply let the jets blow up.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427326)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 8:45 AM
Author: cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal

No, they would have built a fuel tank that works.

https://pp.vk.me/c631916/v631916431/4895c/qf6cExw0cws.jpg

This is one of the new MiG-29K's on the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. 4 1000 liter fuel tanks AND a gigantic M-400 radar rec pod! That is a SICK payload especially for a jet taking off from a carrier with no catapult. They are using it to spy on Norway right now but in Syria it will find targets for airstrikes.



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427347)



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Date: October 21st, 2016 11:01 AM
Author: Low-t Codepig Lodge

looks primitive

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31696338)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 8:49 AM
Author: Out-of-control brunch

?? Sounds like the USMC and USN versions are fine but the AF and Norwegian ones need to have their tanks switched out.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427360)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 8:52 AM
Author: cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal

The ones that have the tank issue need to be stripped down and engines rebuilt to clean out the crap they ingested from the fuel tanks. That will cost a fuckton of money per air frame and involve a a lot more time and work than just switching out the tanks, bro. Those jets will be down for weeks.



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427364)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 9:05 AM
Author: medicated spot

its like 10 planes. relax

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427391)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 9:06 AM
Author: cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal

LJL they only have like 100 total.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427393)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 9:06 AM
Author: medicated spot

right... they are in the process of delivering the first ones. u ok bro?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427396)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 9:08 AM
Author: cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal

LJL at this spin. This is a $1 trillion dollar program and even the TTT basic as fuck fuel tanks are fucked up.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427400)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 9:17 AM
Author: cerebral school cafeteria

Does it bother you that we can spend Russia's GDP on a crappy weapons program and still be fiscally fine while Russia's economy continues to be SPS?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427408)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 9:19 AM
Author: cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal

It should bother you that Russia builds a better fighter for $100 billion than you do for $1 trillion. At this point even the Western press has impaled itself on the PAK-FA's cock.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427414)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 9:38 AM
Author: ponyboy curtis

Is that the same PAK-FA that Alexander Zelin, then chief of the Russian Air Force, admitted was "inferior to American fighters of the same type." The same PAK-FA that's been publicly criticized by India - Russia's partner in developing and financing the project - for having an unreliable engine, poorly engineered airframe, inadequate radar, and for costing far too much? The same PAK-FA that has a radar cross section three orders of magnitude greater than that of the F-22? That PAK-FA?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427490)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 9:57 AM
Author: massive kitchen



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Date: September 17th, 2016 10:17 AM
Author: bossy mental disorder

ARE reptile, once again, done here.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427629)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 10:21 AM
Author: cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal

BS.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427653)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 11:54 AM
Author: Contagious disrespectful philosopher-king theater stage



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Date: September 17th, 2016 12:01 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: September 17th, 2016 3:02 PM
Author: effete lettuce base



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Date: September 17th, 2016 3:52 PM
Author: cyan territorial idiot roast beef

Omg.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31429836)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 7:59 PM
Author: effete lettuce base



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Date: September 17th, 2016 8:03 PM
Author: Laughsome doctorate



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Date: September 17th, 2016 6:35 PM
Author: floppy learning disabled stead

that would be the one

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31430838)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 6:51 PM
Author: cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal

https://twitter.com/Rogozin/status/775847840497238016

180 pic from Russia-India inking PAK-FA 1st tranche deal.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31430982)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 7:58 PM
Author: bossy mental disorder

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-is-what-a-bbqd-russian-5th-generation-fighter-look-1589559175

One of Russia's Sukhoi T-50 prototypes had a very bad day recently, catching fire at the end of a test sortie and the resulting damage is pretty horrific.

It is not clear what exactly caused the fire, but the PAK-FA program, although appearing to be moving along swiftly, has its issues, and India, the partner nation in the program, it not happy with the design.

Read more on foxnews.​com

I had my doubts as to the aircraft's low-observability right when the airframe was first unveiled, especially considering the engine's first stage fan was not even shrouded from line-of sight in any way. Still, low-observability is not everything when it comes to survivability on the modern air combat battlefield, and it will be even less-so in the future. Yet even for a less aggressive "balanced" low-observable approach, the T-50 in its present form is lacking.

So many people love the Russian fighters, especially the massive Su-27 Flanker and its many derivatives, but the aircraft's avionics, and in the T-50's sake its design philosophy, craftsmanship and material science, simply to do not come close to parity with American designs.



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31431394)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 2:48 AM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: September 17th, 2016 7:53 PM
Author: lascivious roommate hall

An Are Reptile is det.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31431362)



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Date: April 5th, 2017 1:39 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: April 5th, 2017 1:43 PM
Author: Flushed wonderful headpube



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Date: April 15th, 2017 10:29 PM
Author: snowy irate candlestick maker



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Date: June 1st, 2017 9:21 PM
Author: Transparent supple set main people



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Date: September 17th, 2016 9:29 AM
Author: amber place of business

it's fair, the f35 is an overpriced piece of shit

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31427455)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 2:03 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: September 17th, 2016 3:03 PM
Author: cruel-hearted diverse state sneaky criminal

It effects 57 jets -- more than half the fleet. Jets will be out of commission for 10 days. Time for Red Dawn!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31429419)



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Date: September 17th, 2016 6:33 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: September 19th, 2016 11:50 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: September 23rd, 2016 6:26 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: September 23rd, 2016 9:59 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: September 23rd, 2016 10:03 PM
Author: Laughsome doctorate

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/bogdan-f-35-coolant-line-fix-coming-in-weeks

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31477687)



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Date: October 10th, 2016 1:25 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: November 21st, 2016 6:18 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: November 21st, 2016 6:20 PM
Author: drunken alpha piazza

this is what happens when try to phase out XO A10's over TLS F-35's

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#31964155)



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Date: April 15th, 2017 9:16 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis



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Date: April 15th, 2017 9:20 PM
Author: carmine son of senegal

didn't the SR-71 also leak a ton of fuel even before lift off?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#33082720)



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Date: April 15th, 2017 9:27 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis

Yeah. The tanks would only seal once it reached operating temp. Also had to refuel in the air immediately after takeoff.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#33082793)



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Date: April 15th, 2017 10:08 PM
Author: Federal coffee pot

Military procurement is shot through with waste, abuse and fraud. The only reason for America's preeminence in the world is that the other countries (Russia, China, India, Brazil, etc.) are even more dysfunctional/corrupt/inept than we are.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#33083096)



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Date: May 12th, 2017 10:48 PM
Author: ponyboy curtis ( )



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Date: June 1st, 2017 9:22 PM
Author: Tan coldplay fan giraffe

TLS F-35's

The perfect shitlib plane.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3354234&forum_id=2#33450580)