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Winslow Wheeler: New F-35 Claims on Cost Highly Questionable

My analysis of the new DOD data on the cost of the F-35 is at the Straus Military Project website at http://www.pogo.org/our-work/straus-military-reform-project/weapons/2014/new-f-35-claim-lower-os-estimate-more-than-offsets-higher-acquisition-cost.html, and it is below. While the media reports on these costs were out last week, there are some critically important elements of the DOD cost reporting that got little or no attention. New …

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4th Media: 60 Minutes Pimps F-35 — Not a Single Question (or Source) with Integrity

Journalism Fail: All the Sources in Stealth Jet Story Are PAID to Praise the Plane On Sunday, 60 Minutes ran a story about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter entitled, “Is the F-35 Worth It?” But watching the piece, I saw no debate whatsoever of that very important question. And for good reason. All the interview subjects were government employees or …

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Penguin: Is the Pentagon Completely Corrupt? Yes — F-35 Totally Vulnerable to Electromagnetic Neturalization

The New F-35 Fighter Jet Can Be Taken Down Without A Bullet Ever Being Fired The F-35, the latest fighter jet being developed for the U.S. Armed Forces, has hit another potential snag.This time, it’s not questions of the jet’s structural integrity or even questions of relevance in combat. It’s the plane’s vulnerability to hackers. The …

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Winslow Wheeler: Adam Ciralsky Seven Part Vanity Fair Article on F-35 Mis-Management

Long in the making, Vanity Fair is today releasing, on-line, it’s article on the F-35 — to appear in a future issue.  The article focuses on the atrocious management of the F-35–from the very start from all parties, including the absence of oversight by DOD of either Lockheed-Martin or the military services, especially the Marine Corps. …

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Winslow Wheeler: F-35 Corruption, Costs, & Consequences (All Five Parts)

This series reveals a political and military system that is sick in its core.  This toxic stew of the F-35’s high cost, abetted by concurrent production, lagging performance and continuing design problems, has put U.S. and allied air power into a dive. The dive will steepen so long as F-35 production at the currently-projected rates …

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Winslow Wheeler: F-35 Treason Infects GAO — Integrity Lost

Last week, GAO defended itself, as it should have, at the Foreign Policy website against my criticisms of its latest F-35 report.  This week I responded, also at Foreign Policy.  In sum, GAO’s retort to my article makes me even more concerned about the state of affairs at GAO than I was before.  Find my original article, …

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Winslow Wheeler: Marine Corps and the F-35 — Outright Lies, Deception, and a Total Lack of Intelligence with Integrity

Marine F-35 Jump-Jet PR: Caveataxpayer Emptor By Winslow Wheeler  March 27, 2013 The Marines issued a flashy press release last week: “first operational F-35B conducts initial Vertical Landing.” It was an amateurish, somewhat slimy piece of hype.In one important way, the press release contradicted itself, and in another it inadvertently revealed one of the many …

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