Even more amusing when you consider that since 2008 the B-1B has been the most utilised aircraft for CAS in Afghanistan.

:highly_amused: CAS meane CLOSE. Some seem not to understand the concept.

Do you see me on there often? I’ve read your comments there. Have to be honest, I don’t see much difference between you and the most bias of them. With one exception, they don’t edit poorly sourced hit pieces on the Rafale for an online aviation blog, I can’t say the same thing about you in regards to the F-35.

And no, I am aware you were a JTAC, does that make you an expert on fighter performance? And yes, in the 2000’s I did have contact with engineers with P&W, Boeing. Careers change.
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I did at least once and the document i posted there wasn’t edited (omg it is on the TV channel!!!) it is a pure France 3 (public channel) document. Despite Ricardo deep stupidity. Please show any edition? i’m curious. F-35 simply isn’t fit for CAS will be certainly a great DEAD/Strike platform (block4) with exceptional SA, but it is simply not nimble enough. I’ll give you a hint it is not a problem of roll rate, but close.

Us vs US exercises… Don’t spoil the broth 😉
The mighty F-15 was NOT helped by an awacs (conversely F-35 was)
Lets wait or a really operational F-35 vs an AESA equipped Typhoon or Rafale. Another story.
CAS? LEt me laugh. Would you mind showing me a show of force?
DEAD or strike yes. Ok.

While the F-20 did make use of some composites, the company did not see this as a particularly significant feature of the aircraft. Composites (and RCS) were not even mentioned in “Tigershark design and technical data” by Northrop VP for engineering JH T Gallagher. What evidence is there to suggest that its RCS was “remarkably smaller” than that of the F-5E?

As far as i remember, they insisted much more on reilability and sorties rate no?

Lets hope FCAS D works will be inculded (crossfingers)

Franco German FCAS launched at ILA

https://www.dassault-aviation.com/fr/groupe/presse/press-kits/

Euromale at ILA
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Interestingly we had the same charge from Dassault’s CEO lately in front of French parlement. It seems then that the main credence for the future Franco-German fighters lies in a castel of words and short sighted opinions.

And from DGA CEO. the main credence is lying in your opinions? Do yo uknow it is allowed to say “imho” and to explain WHY those opinions would be short sighted?