Quicksand Fans

Army's new visual aircraft recognition manual.. in PDF for download if you like


Kindly direct your attention to plate A-12 ....

Um
They DO actually have someone who's not an imbecile proofreading these things, eh??

Great Scott...

Wishful thinking maybe? "Guys this is what it would look like if we hadn't taped cardboard wings to a turd."

More like , "Hey, isn't this new Chinese fighter they got from hackin' into Northrop's database reeally kewl? Let me print out a copy!.."
Jesus H Christ on snowshoes..... I dont know what's worse, the intelligence fuckupery these last 8 years, or the sheer magnitude of stupid required to botch a simple publication. It's not like the F-35 is some uber-secret design, or some 40-year old obscure shitbox flown by Biafra. Jesus!

And saddest part of all that should have been glaringly obvious?
engines: 2
Not unless there are two F-35's flying in a damn tight formation
.....
It isn't just limited to the military, according to a breathless news report this afternoon, THIS was an F-35 performing some high speed low passes......
Well, at least they got the maneuver correctly identified.....