@the_engi_nerd@ClassicCodNjoyr But we ~definitely~ retired them in 08 and ~surely~ aren’t still conducting routine flying out of Tonopah because it’s just so outdated. And we most definitely “destroyed” them at a rate of 4/year because of their irrelevancy… such an active little retirement community 🫡
I wish you a wonderful Christmas Eve! Enjoy the time together.
In this rough world I will be always here for a the positivity on your timeline.
Best wishes and a lot of love from The Netherlands! ❤️
@bscholl McNamara and shifting defense priorities are to blame for the cancellation of F-12s 😔 brought a great deal of technology to the industry though
@WayCharMar@SpaceAbhi Agree to disagree here I suppose, F35 is always the obvious casting when looking at contracts - cost plus is becoming more rare nowadays, also plenty of amazing and successful programs that the public does not know about that have earned their keep with these companies.
@WayCharMar@SpaceAbhi I would highly encourage you to check up on some aviation history and see what Lockheed was able to with the skunkworks back in WWII, it’s extremely impressive and its lineage carries on today. There’s a reason for the notion of it in this video.