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Seriously though, why do Belgians keep wrecking their F-16s?
Austin Sullivan
Daniel Brown
Because Ameriplanes are a scam
Ian Morales
Why are Europeans even flying F16s?
Carter Miller
The last time a maintenance guy accidentally fired the gun on the ground and killed some other F-16s
Wyatt Sullivan
Europe hardly had any domestic industry at the time and the F-16 has proven to be a great plane in all regards. It was also still cold war so the USA had a lot more political leverage over Europe to buy American military gear.
Easton Reyes
Also to add to my last post most European countries are also partners in the F-35 program. Though I don't think there will ever be a next one.
Easton Powell
Belgians are dumb
Nicholas Gonzalez
Why wouldn't they? It's probably our best fighter, it's an extremely proven multirole aircraft
Kayden Nguyen
They should be donated to the Chilean air force
Parker Jenkins
It's the most numerous active fighter jet in the world
Dylan Perry
I'm going to go ahead and guess that in it's early stages people gave the same complaints as they do with the F-35 today, pointing at the Starfighter and bitching at the USA for launching an outlandish $200 million program.
Add a few typical child diseases and a few lost planes and you have an easy target
Chase Green
works in my airfoce ;-)
Blake Hughes
The hate had died down, it's barely mentioned by normie media. It's undoubtedly going to be a phenomenal and revolutionary platform
Jayden Rivera
The early F-16 was designed to be a day fighter and bears almost no resemblance to the way current F-16s are used. I'm sure in 40 years the F-35 will be nothing like the current one at all.
John Young
It 40 years it will be an autonomous drone platform
Hudson Rodriguez
>Polish airforce
Makes sense
Joseph Campbell
way better than the Swiss af
David Garcia
Swiss will probably buy F-35 like the Polish have done
Nolan Bailey
They're old and will be replaced soon anyway.
Jonathan Young
>not buying brand new
Poorfags lmao.
Jaxon Reyes
Because gigachad f-22 > chad f-16 >virgin f-35
Sebastian Lopez
With? F35s?
James Lee
cope europoor
Caleb Campbell
Super Tucano > rest
William Hernandez
Do you even have an air force?
Ian Gomez
yes
Brayden Hill
I'm in rotc right now trying to get a pilot's slot. I needed to get a waiver because I was too much of a manlet to properly fit in the aircraft, and also too light to safely eject.
Hudson Diaz
No
Nathaniel Cook
F-35 won the contest despite France trying to pull a fast one and undercut the competition
Camden Lopez
They fixed the weight issue with the helmets IIRC
Gabriel Peterson
they got butthurt because of it lel
Brandon Martin
Kek please. Everyone knows that American tech is overprised trash that becomes obsolete and starts breaking down the moment it comes out. Just because the (((military-indystrial complex))) gets to milk your taxes doesnt mean we have to fall for it too.
Anyone with half a brain just buys Russian.
Thomas Edwards
>Europe hardly had any domestic industry
fuck you
Chase Brown
>Anyone with half a brain just buys Russian.
Wyatt Rodriguez
Yeah just buy that Russian 5th gen.. oh wait slavs cant even afford to build it themselves
Eli James
Hmm? I haven't heard anything about that
Anthony Perez
Me neither
Hunter Barnes
Says the country buying Triton UAVs because they can't develop their own high-endurance drones
Nicholas Campbell
I think at the time companies like Dassault and BAF were still somewhat considered unproven and national projects.
Robert Walker
>Anyone with half a brain just buys Russian.
Samuel Miller
Thousands of Mirage III and Mirage F1 fighters had been sold abroad already. The UK had built quite a few modern aircraft too, and the Tornado was on its way
Benjamin Powell
>Anyone with half a brain just buys Russian.
Robert Reed
>Anyone with half a brain just buys Russian.