Another MOD Cockup

[SimonMac]

BBC News - UK receives first F-35 stealth fighter jet from US

It has been a long and expensive wait, but Britain has now been handed its first Joint Strike Fighter jet, also known as the F-35.

Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond flew out in person to the searing heat of Fort Worth, Texas, for the official handover ceremony from its US manufacturer Lockheed Martin.

Stealth fighter? But I can clearly see it in the picture!

[tractor]

Very clearly a cock up....

BBC News - UK receives first F-35 stealth fighter jet from US



Stealth fighter? But I can clearly see it in the picture!

They wasted a trick here, they could have simply announced that they are spending 1 trn on them, then not bought them. No one would have known they are stealth fighters aren't they?

[Doggy Styles]

They wasted a trick here, they could have simply announced that they are spending 1 trn on them, then not bought them. No one would have known they are stealth fighters aren't they?

Only while they are actually fighting.

Otherwise the aircrew would never find them to get on board, would they.

[OwlHoot]

What happened to the Eurofighters we were supposed to be paying billions for?

Haven't heard much about them recently, so maybe they're the stealth craft.

[SimonMac]

What happened to the Eurofighters we were supposed to be paying billions for?

Haven't heard much about them recently, so maybe they're the stealth craft.

They have been in service since 2008!

[Mich the Tester]

Surely you don't even need to buy stealth aircraft? Just fake some invoices and say you've bought 200 heavily armed stealth fighters and bombers and they will be stationed at secret locations around the world, ready to strike at a moment's notice. Nobody wil know.

[SimonMac]

They wasted a trick here, they could have simply announced that they are spending 1 trn on them, then not bought them. No one would have known they are stealth fighters aren't they?

Surely you don't even need to buy stealth aircraft? Just fake some invoices and say you've bought 200 heavily armed stealth fighters and bombers and they will be stationed at secret locations around the world, ready to strike at a moment's notice. Nobody wil know.

KUATB!

[Mich the Tester]

KUATB!

tractor´s post was so stealthy I missed it. It works you see!

[doomage]

BBC News - UK receives first F-35 stealth fighter jet from US



Stealth fighter? But I can clearly see it in the picture!

You can see the dummy one. The stealth one is just above the one in the picture. Or below it. Or maybe a little to the left. Put on your tinfoil hat, it should appear.

[Doggy Styles]

What happened to the Eurofighters we were supposed to be paying billions for?

Haven't heard much about them recently, so maybe they're the stealth craft.

There was one performing manouvres for the British Open golf crowd yesterday.