F-35 Declared Operational

[Calculated]

I think it's more of a chest pounding thing than anything else. With the world's economies tied together like they are, I don't see any major power with advanced aircraft wanting to get into it with anyone else. Biting the lip to spite the face or however the saying goes.

Personally I love the new airplanes, but the money could've been spent more wisely like on vets dying in hospitals etc. Also, I hope they don't retire the A-10 for a long time, my favorite plane since I was a kid.

China can't innovate, there's no free thinking in their society so their ability to think outside the box seems to be significantly dulled. The plans for the next badass Merican fighter plane already exist I'd bet, and are not on computers connected to the Internet. When were these programs announced? Was it 20 years ago?