The USA will receive the left unfinished F-35 version not ready to fight

The American journalist and military analyst David Eks found proofs of that the U.S. Air Force intentionally lowered characteristics F-35 to avoid a shameful situation. About it he writes in the blog War is Boring.

"To be in time in terms which the congress finds as accepted, command of the Air Force decided to present F-35 which will not be ready to fight in any known sense, it is fine understanding", – he writes.

In 2012 congressmen put upon military command of the U.S. Air Force from the House of Representatives which, by words Eksa, were full up the increased costs and a delay in realization and the ambitious JSF program (Joint Strike Fighter, the uniform shock fighter) pressure. Within this program, the journalist specifies, the USA planned to replace thousands the jet planes being in using at the American army, one general model.

To calm the congress and tens the countries which have invested the money in the JSF program (Joint Strike Fighter, the uniform shock fighter), command of the U.S. Air Force declared that the F-35A model will be ready to operations no later than December, 2016.

However, by words Eksa, it was dodge which the U.S. Air Force did not want to inform. To keep within the stipulated term till the end of 2016, possibility F-35 had to limit essentially – in particular, at the expense of easing of its ability to battle and escape in fight with a certain enemy, such as Russia, China.

"The jet plane which the Air Force is going to present somewhere till January, 2017, is the weakened version of", – the journalist does conclusions. And, according to him, military command already recognized that F-35 air fight against modern planes cannot win.

The ex-reminds that in 2010 in plans of command was to let out the plane no later than October, 2016, and the plane should be completely ready to fighting missions against opponents with the best arms. However terms of implementation of the project should be removed because of the whole chain of problems: with the engine, with sensors, with configuration of a cabin and other elements.

The new plan approved by military command of the U.S. Air Force in 2012, according to general Michael Hostedzha heading it at that time, was not adhered to concrete date. He was going to declare F-35 ready for operation only after on planes the software of Block 3 compatible to all weapon and with all sensors will be established.

However because of persistence of the congress, and also, probably, because of fears that lack of exact date of commissioning reduces prospects of sales of a bomber, Hostedzh departed from the plan.

From the point of view Eksa, military command should compound – and, on the one hand, not to choose too late date of readiness of a bomber to fight, and with another, to have possibility by this time to show such F-35 version which would not be a disgrace to armed forces.

Or, adds Ex-that this version of the plane at least would put military command in less difficult situation, than total absence of concrete date for a F-35 broadcast in army using.
Originally Hostedzh wanted to appoint a deadline 2018 – by this time the version program providing Block 3F, capable to provide to the plane the most part of its fighting possibilities, would be ready. However as a result it was decided that the plane should be ready to operations by December, 2016.

Dodge consists that the software of Block 3i which will be established on it instead of Block 3F, will limit possibilities of the plane and will subject the pilot of excessive danger, and military command realized it. As a result the quantity of fighting tasks which can be carried out on it, will be limited.