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F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash

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278 points Michelangelo11 | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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greatgib ◴[27 Aug 25 11:52 UTC] No.45038379[source]▶
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tokai ◴[27 Aug 25 11:56 UTC] No.45038426[source]▶
Not when the Danish Airforce use F35s.
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nicce ◴[27 Aug 25 11:59 UTC] No.45038458[source]▶
Or Finland…
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Temporary_31337 ◴[27 Aug 25 12:10 UTC] No.45038564[source]▶
US can (effectively) shut down F35s remote.y
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rokkamokka ◴[27 Aug 25 12:13 UTC] No.45038596[source]▶
A scary proposition considering what the US is rapidly becoming
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greenavocado ◴[27 Aug 25 12:25 UTC] No.45038703[source]▶
Purchasing F35s is paying tribute to the empire so it doesn't come down on you harder with tariffs and compliance burdens. It's not meant to actually be useful.
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guappa ◴[27 Aug 25 13:18 UTC] No.45039299[source]▶
Yeah and the tariffs are still there anyway so I don't understand why we aren't following suite and cancelling those orders.
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1. ahmeneeroe-v2 ◴[27 Aug 25 13:32 UTC] No.45039444{4}[source]▶
You don't have the leverage you think you have.