May–June 2014 Air & Space Power Journal | 133
Feature
The Comanche and the Albatross
About Our Neck Was Hung
Col Michael W. Pietrucha, USAF
F-35. We have no other choice.
—Gen Mark A. Welsh III
Chief of Staff, US Air Force
The Air Force intended eventually...
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May–June 2014 Air & Space Power Journal | 133
Feature
The Comanche and the Albatross
About Our Neck Was Hung
Col Michael W. Pietrucha, USAF
F-35. We have no other choice.
—Gen Mark A. Welsh III
Chief of Staff, US Air Force
The Air Force intended eventually to replace much of the postVietnam fighter fleet with the F-35A. This stealthy aircraft possessed advanced technology and was no more expensive than
the aircraft it was designed to supplant. The Air Force sought to buy
1,763 F-35As—the number required to replace every F-16, A-10, and
F-117 in service in 2001. Envisioned after the resounding success of the
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