Tongue in cheek Goon and Bill!
Relax...its all in good fun!
Anyway this news from Defense Update and my buddy Spudman must be having the haters ready to kill...Read it and weep...
Japan Self Defense Air Force future replacement of F-4J fighters (F-X) is becoming a head-to-head competition between the two American aerospace giants, Boeing and Lockheed martin, offering the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and an advanced variant F/A-18 Super Hornet. Tokyo is expected to make a decision next month. Besides the two fighters’ operational capabilities Japan is likely to give high marks for involvement of domestic companies.The rest is here...
SIDENOTE; WHAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING IS THIS...WHICH F-35 VERSION WILL BE OFFERED TO REPLACE THE F-4'S???? I WOULD BET THE F-35C SINCE THE F-4 HAD A PRIMARY ANTI-SHIPPING MISSION BUT THIS WILL BE TELLING. IF THEY WOULD BY CHANCE (AND YES ITS WISHFUL THINKING ON MY PART, BUT MIGHT FIT FUTURE DEFENSE TRENDS) PICK THE F-35B AND MAKE THE LHD'S THAT THEY HAVE ANTI-SHIP CRUISERS THEN THE PROGRAM WILL BE COOKING WITH GAS!
