Monday, March 23, 2026

F-35 Damaged

 I see that an F-35 was damaged this weekend by hostile fire.  The pilot is fine. Everyone is okay.

The pearl-clutches are wondering how this happened?  The F-35 is stealthy, invisible, invincible.  No, it's not.  It's an aircraft. It's a fine, technologically advanced aircraft, but it is still just a metal tube.

There is still a thing called the Golden BB, and it still comes into play.  Basically, if the enemy throws enough crap into the sky, a plane will inevitably run into some of it. The Golden BB has been around forever, and aviators know about it. Eventually, some sonofabitch gets lucky.

The pilot is okay, the airframe can be repaired.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Chances are that F35 was it with Chinese hardware.

The Chinese are learning a lot from this little adventure we are having in Iran

juvat said...

Thank the Lord for that last,
juvat

Old NFO said...

Yep, Golden BBs have been around since WWI!!!