Comments by "David Houseman" (@davidhouseman4328) on "British F-35Bs Leave For Their FIRST Overseas Deployment | Forces TV" video.

@John Doe the F35B isn't.
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The STOVL gives it even more legs as they don't get designed as often, but 30 years build is quite normal.
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Drones are used in uncontested air space. These aren't.
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Hammer 001 the current plan is 48 navy, 90 air force so not primarily navy.
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Keep yammering, and the RAF/FAA will keep progressing the F35.
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While we can ... so at any point for the foreseeable future.
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Hammer 001 It is a bit of a technicality as both sets of will be trained to fly from land and sea and be based at Marham, but the official split is 48/90 As an example the video is talking about 617 squadron, which is an RAF squadron. So these first ones are RAF. This deployment is to an RAF base but the same squadron will be on Queen Elizabeth later on. The idea is they just fly from the where ever is best for the mission. We have to hope interservice rivalry doesn't get in the way.
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Hammer 001 the weapons bay difference is small. Cruise missiles don't fit inside either. But you seem to be blanking the fact 617 is a RAF squadron and we'll only be getting F35B for the next few years at least. If it was all Navy why wouldn't they activate 809 first?
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@yfelwulf the F35B doesn't have a gun, nor is it the USN version. Clutter is just a case of getting used to the new system. The helmet weight would be a problem but from what I remember it was only for smaller pilots and even that had been fixed.
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It is gradual, they come out in blocks. We already have some planned weapons (an adapted meteor and spear III) not yet included.
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@patrickrobinson-mh5jw is that the Muslim PM or Chancellor or the vast c. 15 MPs that are Muslim?
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@Justin Thyme F35 plans don't come close to the 4,600 F16s built.
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I find the F35 particularly deceptive, because it's a bit chunkier, it seems it should be smaller.
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STOVL?
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