{"id":783976,"date":"2023-04-21T10:04:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T07:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=783976"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:02:35","slug":"is-turkey-the-reason-why-the-f-35-has-become-a-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2023\/04\/21\/is-turkey-the-reason-why-the-f-35-has-become-a-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Turkey the reason why the F-35 has become a failure?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is kicking out Turkey from the F-35 fighter program the reason why the F-35 has become a failure?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former\u00a0Operations Specialist\u00a0at\u00a0United States Navy (USN) Eric Wicklund answers this question on quora as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F-35 is far and away the most successful stealth aircraft in the world. There are 890 of them in service with various nations. No other stealth fighter has matched production numbers like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been more F-35s placed into service than ALL of the F-22s, Chinese J-20s, Russian Su-57s, B-2s, B-21s, and F-117s\u2026<strong>combined!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/f-35-stealth-aircraft.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-783978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/f-35-stealth-aircraft.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/f-35-stealth-aircraft-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, Turkey should have got some of them, and they would have. The US and NATO asked only that Turkey not import the Russian S-400 air defense system. Easy as that. And to all who claim that NATO members must follow the orders of the USA, well\u2026Turkey is proof positive that&nbsp;<em>NATO members don\u2019t have to listen<\/em>. Turkey bought the S-400 anyway, and that\u2019s why they\u2019ll not get the F-35. Yet Finland, who only now is joining NATO, already had a signed contract to get the F-35, prior to joining NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To all who will claim that the F-35 is too expensive, citing the oft-published 1.5 Trillion price tag, well, that\u2019s the cost of acquisition, maintenance, and upgrades for thousands of aircraft&nbsp;<strong>for the next 50 years<\/strong>. You show me another plane that has costs covered over that same period of time, and tell me what the number is. I\u2019ll bet you can\u2019t even find it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other detractors will mention that one F-16 or Rafale or Typhoon has shot down an F-35 in exercises. Well yeah, they did. There isn\u2019t a single aircraft on this planet, that cannot \u201cever\u201d be shot down. The West believes in \u201ctest until failure.\u201d That means creating scenarios that are harder and harder, until the system of man and machine fails, then figure out how to avoid that failure. Then, once again, test until failure. What no detractor of the F-35 ever mentions is how many F-16s, Rafales, and Typhoons were shot down by the F-35 in exercises in response. Well, the answer is \u201chundreds.\u201d I don\u2019t have the exact number, but it\u2019s very high, and that\u2019s the whole point. If I shoot down many more of your guys before you shoot down mine, my guys\/planes didn\u2019t fail\u2026<em>yours did<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f35.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-774817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f35.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f35-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, no, the F-35 is not a failure, it\u2019s a stunning success. And Turkey not receiving the F-35 has no bearing whatsoever on that fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you don\u2019t believe it coming from me, listen to Alex Hollings, who\u2019s makes his living studying this stuff. Listen to what he has to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The F-35 is the most SUCCESSFUL stealth aircraft in HISTORY<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SandboxxApp\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The F-35 is the most SUCCESSFUL stealth aircraft in HISTORY\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BckjigOTTiA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The F-35 may have been an acquisition nightmare, but the resulting fighter is the most technologically advanced tactical aircraft ever to fly&#8230; and with creeping up on 900 airframes built, it&#8217;s also one of the most prolific.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is kicking out Turkey from the F-35 fighter program the reason why the F-35 has become a failure? Former\u00a0Operations Specialist\u00a0at\u00a0United States Navy (USN) Eric Wicklund answers this question on quora as: The F-35 is far and away the most successful stealth aircraft in the world. There are 890 of them in service with various nations. 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