Why would they know exact numbers like that off the top of their head? Sounds like you just want to be outraged about something without even knowing anything about what they do or what's going on.
Total System Responsibility has been the biggest mistake the military acquisition community has ever made. It started decades ago as the government experts were stripped of more and more authority over the contractor.
No, we pay for the illusion that we are being protected but we are actually being sold out on literally every front, look at mexico, you think they arent being allowed to do what they are doing, they are greedy turds, not brave greedy turds, old greedy turds, 100% they are not going to be the ones defending anything, they will be in a hidey hole somewhere.
Anyone who tells the truth or shows any remote sign of having spines tend to get fired, passed over for promotion or force retired very quickly this is top to bottom in the Air Force it's more or less go along or get out.
I am disgusted with them. Parts fall apart if not off!! Parts made in different places and don't line up from what I read!!!! They have very SERIOUS PROBLEMS There!!!! They are a MESS!!!
That's not really uncommon though. When the F-16 was first introduced, it was thought to be the same. A waste of money, totally useless until it went to war and to date has proven to be one of the worlds best military aircraft. The F-15 was thought to be unnecessarily complicated and costed way to much. Fast forward, and it's record is something like 100 air to air kills and zero losses. The A-10 however has captured the publics eye but behind the scenes, has the highest fratricide rate of any modern aircraft. Last thing, here in Canada, the Trudeau government ran against the F-35 as an overpriced useless aircraft. However now they've changed their mind and decided to replace the entire air force with these aircraft. The true capabilities of this new plane won't be listed in a congressional hearing or the public eye because it's heavily classified, however rumor has it that a pilot can look behind and in conjunction with the Aim-9X (thrust vectored missile) can literally shoot down an aircraft behind it. How do you dogfight something like that? Anyway, this has been the history of every single military aircraft as far as I can remember. It's not wrong for politicians to ask questions like these, I'd say it's their job. But given the context of previous aircraft going through the same thing, I wouldn't worry about the performance of this thing.
Notice what they didn't say? he blamed it on parts. Some background I'm a former A-10 Crew chief and for decades the Air Force intentionally created a parts shortage to manipulate the FMC data to paint the A-10 in a bad light but regardless of their attempts at cooking the books the A-10 community consistently produced enough aircraft to meet the Air force's need with plenty of room to spare. The problem isn't parts per se. It's people to install the parts. the Air force and Congress can throw all the parts they want at the F-35 but Ops tempo and manpower are what drives the daily/ monthly FMC rates of aircraft. So if they want to fly the shit out of the F-35 fleet and keep those FMC rates up than the Air force better find more manpower.
The pharmaceutical industry doesn't want an acne cream that ACTUALLY WORKS. They want it to partially work, and so repeat sales stoke up profits. The military-industrial complex wants a fighter that partially works and needs constant attention and support from the manufacturer. Cat C and D, preferably. The F35 is a turkey, anyway.
Congressman Gaetz, I have been trying to reach your office, to no avail. I have reached Congresswoman Boebert’s office, trying to expedite getting critical information out to you. Serious matter of national defense, ties into things you’ve been looking into with China. Please reach out.
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@@PunkN_JTM 😅 " Pokojowe Wojsko USA " na koszt podatnika " 😅 " Bardzo honorowo " 🥳👍 " Byle do emerytury i prywatnej firmy ochroniarskiej lub fabryczki broni " 🥳👍 " Brawo USA " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
To be fair, Gov't fails at everything they do. Lockheed, like Boeing, should concentrate on the biz instead of how many freaks to employ then tell the Gov't to pound sand.
yay Mr. Gaetz- but remember that even though we are under the gun to get this amended, this guy has a LOT of pent up frustration that needs to be heard...give him your ear.
Great political show, however, what was accomplished here to correct the original FAILED idea of One basic design to fit the needs of three different Services Missions.....Smacks of F111 dumbness....When Politicians Run War, expect stupid outcomes....
Logistics isn't simple. Mr Gaetz is onl taking it in a civilian perspective. Unit vehicles with FMC rates around 60% are difficult to sustain. I get what Gaetz is trying to say, but unless Congress will train its airmen/sailors to the degree of LM contractors, nothing will change. A BIG miscommunication that unfortunately the top brass in this hearing didnt catch is that they basically told Mr. Gaetz that the FMC rate is low because LM made them that way, and its all their fault. Whereas the actual issue is just the sheer maintenance hours and resources required for military vehicles and equipment arent there due to inexperience and time mismanagement. If an army unit WITHOUT contractors has a difficult time getting its JLTV fleet to at least 60%, how the hell do you think the military will fare with arguably one of the most complex systems in the world? We paid for the fancy jet and high speed pilots,but its evident that congress and the pentagon didnt plan for sustainment
We may want to consider Agenda 30 out of the UN. I think included in this Agenda is a proposed halt to domestic travel for Americans, with recommendations for Americans only allowed by law to vacation using air travel maybe every third year or fifth year. Anyway, future travel for Americans will become rare. That's the plan and if the airline industry is purposefully constructing danger in the air, that certainly discourages flying.
😅 " Było takie coś w średniowieczu " 😅 " To się " katapulta " nazywało " 😅 " Będziecie " kurwa " za chwilę z " drewnianej łychy " rzucać swoje " nieudane projekty " 😅 " Bo się " kurwa " na " podatniku " fajnie " żeruje " 😤
Hmmm......maybe it was Lockheed Martin that flew that "plane" into the pentagon office that housed the accounting books that subsequently disappeared in the fire.
That salad means they always showed up at the chow hall on time, turned in their performance report on time, and saluted their superiors. Uniformed uninformed lifers!
95% of military decorations are nothing more than participation trophies very few are worth promotion points and only the ass kissers and yes men /women get them. Take it from a vet the vast majority of them are frigging useless and just cost the enlisted folks lots of money to buy and replace every time a new one comes along. .
The F-35 is the ghost of McNamara boondoggle F-111B. Every time the services try to make one plane for all they get a mediocre one at best. Eventually, the F-11B was scrapped by the navy and they went with the Awesome F-14 Tomcat.
Thank God Matt Gaetz shames them into admitting how shitty they are at using our hard earned tax paying dollars. We must demand better or refuse to pay taxes.
If you ever had to work these Lockheed platforms and be told you have to spend a week playing musical parts because Lockheed's contracts won't allow for the local manufacture of parts that wear out quite frequently you'd be pissed to. Lockheed's and Boeing both get away with this over charging for junk crap because Congress allowed them to become to big to fail. If you saw how much the Air Force is wasting on parts that you can go to the local hardware store and buy for a couple bucks your rage would launch you to the moon. Yet while they continue to waste money on platforms that can barley do what they were designed for they are shit canning the tried and true Platforms that do what they were designed to do and more. So I blame Congress for not holding the Pentagon's feet to the fire and not creating an environment that produced competition among the defense companies. Seems like Congress gave each company their own little defense niche. Lockheed's builds the fighter, Boeing builds the big heavy stuff and Northrop Grumman build the bombers and the smaller companies provide the overpriced parts. What a nice little racket no doubt that whole room will all be corporate generals very soon. And this is how THE MIC FLEECES THE TAX PAYERS.
@@mytruthslays1303 I have personal experience with Lockheed so I know dam well they rig the maintenance game in their favor. The U-2 is a prime example of that. Where Lockheed performs all depot level maintenance and upgrades.
Congressman Matt Gaetz, I understand you may be livid of this production lapse by can you please stop obnoxiously cutting off the military personnel when they are speaking. It's rude and sets a poor standard of discourse in congress.
@@KeepItReal33 if most of the defense doesn't work, it might not be best to be public in other words. The average tax payer may not need to know if the bolt they paid $0.00000003 for is rusting on the f35 lol but they should know where the money is going. No need to divulge operational readiness due to tax dollars lol
How much is EACH jet costing TAXPAYERS??? PRETTY SURE SOMEONE OWES TAXPAYERS A REFUND 30% working is a complete JOKE ALMOST criminal.... Lockheed sold the government faulty jets they knew were plagued with problems from mechanical to electrical and stayed silent about it SOME MIGHT CALL THAT FRAUD😊
Can anyone say TIME TO CUT OUR LOSES. And I got a C note ($100 bill) that LM is cashing those checks like clockwork. 18 years and still trying to drag that rotting corpse over the line. 😎
Question? Could the problem be more of a software or a hardware issue? Why would Lockheed Martin make a defective aircraft for the Government? Doesn't the F-35 get inspected from Lockheed or a 3rd party or the Government before they hand it off? Could it be that Lockheed Martin had logistic issues or problems from the result of Covid?
VOTL crafts are a tough beast so not too surprising on the MC/FMC values. Would like to know the numbers with regards to field performance and defines the bar for MC/FMC. It’s not a one sided problem; both have to review the particulars to determine what the true root cause is from statement of work objectives to engineering to flight operations. But I dunno if we actually get into discussions like this or it just goes into finger pointing blame and shame games 🤷🏾♂️
We need to buy fighter jets from the Russians, China and Turkey (cheaper-more reliable-faster and more powerful-cheaper to operate...etc. and even more beautiful), and we need to equip them with our modern operational weapons, so we can restore our defense capability as quickly as possible.🤔
If you dig deeper, you'll find that companies that FORGE parts for the F35 and other jets/planes have went fully over the top woke in hiring practices. In stead of finding hard workers they get with a program that hires felons " which was never allowed before " and get a tax break of 10k a person. Then when quality goes out the window and you are producing scrap parts, or rework parts x2 or x3 and your behind on shipping dates or unable to fulfill orders because you are waiting on raw stock to reforge the parts that were scrapped. And instead of holding the people that did it accountable and doing drug/alcohol testing regularly when the shop smells like pot and you can see people are hammered HR looks the other way and gives hugs ...
The F35 program has been fraught with difficulties and delays. The pentagon seems to be in a big hurry to retire perfectly functional aircraft and replace them with expensive, over budget solutions.
Lol years ago I talked to ground maintenance Sergeant and note this was back when the F-35 couldn't shoot it's onboard cannon because the software to shoot the cannon hadn't even been coded yet. So Air force receives F-35 with I believe it was 2 hours flight time and the first thing they do is pull the jet engine and install a new engine and then send that jet engine with 2 hours of flight time to be rebuilt lol. There was no install manual for wing weapon pylons and they ended up putting them on backwards and they scratched the stealth paint which then had to be fixed.
WHO HELPED LM GETTING THE CONTROL OF THESE CONTRACTS IN OUR GOVERNMENT NANCY PANSY PELOOSY N PENCIL NECK SHXTS N SCHEEMER DEMONCRATIC GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL'S DOUBLE SPEEKING NOW SHUT UP N GO SIT IN THE CORNER DEPLORABLES!!!!!!!
Martin Marietta merged with Lockheed to form Lockheed Martin. This is the company that made the solid fuel rockets that blew up the space shuttle and killed our astronauts. Remember?
It would be interesting to find out how the F35 is performing in other services around the world. If it is also failing to produce a suitable product maybe there should be repercussions on LM for not holding up their end of the contract.
We pay our taxes to a government whom seems not to give a crap about our nation security…….DEI programs get more attention from our government than military preparedness
What a sh*t show. MG doesn't let witnesses answer his ?s so he remains ignorant. Not saying he's wrong about how much control LM was able to secure, but clearly the planes fly. For those that don't know, there's a difference between mission capable and full mission capable. You don't always needs full mission capable. Imagine your new car off the lot as FMC. (might even have gripes that the dealer has to take care of in a week or two) it's not FMC but is MC. You can safely take your family to see grandma across the country with no worries. MG just creating chaos to muddy the water regarding his own troubles.
I can tell the car salesman sees you coming a mile away. 😎 Your "logic" is groundbreaking in it's sheer lunacy. Maybe stop eating your crayons when you're scribbling. 😎
Martin Marietta merged with Lockheed to form Lockheed Martin. This is the company that made the solid rocket boosters that blew up the space shuttle and killed our astronauts. Remember?
I like Gaetz but like most of these congressmen get their talking points from lobbyist and don't do there own research. They form an opinion based on incomplete information. Lerhaps if he would have spent time with these men prior to the hearing, the hearing would not have been necessary but, these poli politicians have to grandstand to please their constituents
If you pay taxes, this should infuriate you.
59 percent dont pay taxes.
It does.
Nothing ever changes. More tax dollars for less.
Notice the General refuses to say anything negative against Lockheed, his future employer.
Yer damn straight on that one.
Billions spent to just park them.
Surprised? I am disgusted, shocked, that they don't know those numbers off the top of their heads!!
Why would they know exact numbers like that off the top of their head? Sounds like you just want to be outraged about something without even knowing anything about what they do or what's going on.
@@bro9479 I sometimes wonder whether posts like OP's aren't AI simply analizing the transcript of the video to procedurally generate "outrage" posts.
Total System Responsibility has been the biggest mistake the military acquisition community has ever made. It started decades ago as the government experts were stripped of more and more authority over the contractor.
These geniuses are the ones stealing the $ then feigning ignorance.... brilliant performance 👏👏👏👏👏
Billions of dollars spents, maybe 100s of billions; 29% work that we know of… Disgusting
The F35 will turn 18 years old next year, so I imagine Gaetz will lose interest in it.
And Russia has been developing their hypersonic weapons for probably a bit longer…
Nope this year but I definitely get your point.
The F-35 was only became operational in 2014 you clown.
Are they employing teen girls? Maybe that’s why.
Even teen girls would be smarter than the bunch of morons running our National Defense!
Get to the BOTTOM of this, Matt.😂
WE PAY TO BE PROTECTED IN AMERICA
No, we pay for the illusion that we are being protected but we are actually being sold out on literally every front, look at mexico, you think they arent being allowed to do what they are doing, they are greedy turds, not brave greedy turds, old greedy turds, 100% they are not going to be the ones defending anything, they will be in a hidey hole somewhere.
Not in Biden's America. We pay for our country to be destroyed from within now.
One Thousand Retards
I love you Matt!!! Keep it up.
I genuinely had no idea that the pentagon has even one straight-talking human being working in there. Kendall is breath of fresh air.
Anyone who tells the truth or shows any remote sign of having spines tend to get fired, passed over for promotion or force retired very quickly this is top to bottom in the Air Force it's more or less go along or get out.
@@johnshackford 💯 correct. Don’t rock the boat.
I am disgusted with them.
Parts fall apart if not off!!
Parts made in different places and don't line up from what I read!!!!
They have very SERIOUS PROBLEMS There!!!! They are a MESS!!!
Been reading that for years
@@stevenmorris3181 well apparently they haver learned one thing!! They just keep getting worse!
That's not really uncommon though. When the F-16 was first introduced, it was thought to be the same. A waste of money, totally useless until it went to war and to date has proven to be one of the worlds best military aircraft. The F-15 was thought to be unnecessarily complicated and costed way to much. Fast forward, and it's record is something like 100 air to air kills and zero losses. The A-10 however has captured the publics eye but behind the scenes, has the highest fratricide rate of any modern aircraft. Last thing, here in Canada, the Trudeau government ran against the F-35 as an overpriced useless aircraft. However now they've changed their mind and decided to replace the entire air force with these aircraft. The true capabilities of this new plane won't be listed in a congressional hearing or the public eye because it's heavily classified, however rumor has it that a pilot can look behind and in conjunction with the Aim-9X (thrust vectored missile) can literally shoot down an aircraft behind it. How do you dogfight something like that? Anyway, this has been the history of every single military aircraft as far as I can remember. It's not wrong for politicians to ask questions like these, I'd say it's their job. But given the context of previous aircraft going through the same thing, I wouldn't worry about the performance of this thing.
Probably true for the Military but that's not what this topic was about. More news will come down the road more info will too. Wait and see, thanks.
Need a refund from LM for a disaterous product with an unacceptable reliability record.
Notice what they didn't say? he blamed it on parts. Some background I'm a former A-10 Crew chief and for decades the Air Force intentionally created a parts shortage to manipulate the FMC data to paint the A-10 in a bad light but regardless of their attempts at cooking the books the A-10 community consistently produced enough aircraft to meet the Air force's need with plenty of room to spare. The problem isn't parts per se. It's people to install the parts. the Air force and Congress can throw all the parts they want at the F-35 but Ops tempo and manpower are what drives the daily/ monthly FMC rates of aircraft. So if they want to fly the shit out of the F-35 fleet and keep those FMC rates up than the Air force better find more manpower.
The pharmaceutical industry doesn't want an acne cream that ACTUALLY WORKS. They want it to partially work, and so repeat sales stoke up profits. The military-industrial complex wants a fighter that partially works and needs constant attention and support from the manufacturer. Cat C and D, preferably. The F35 is a turkey, anyway.
Okay sooo with UAPs. Is lockeed 100% running that then? Why no one in government can *find" anything
To distract us from the reality that none of our equipment works and no-one is allowed to complain without retaliation.
Congressman Gaetz, I have been trying to reach your office, to no avail.
I have reached Congresswoman Boebert’s office, trying to expedite getting critical information out to you.
Serious matter of national defense, ties into things you’ve been looking into with China.
Please reach out.
They didnt listen to US Signal Corp back in early 2000s because they already was bribed ... Dont expect any response from anyone in Congress..
I hope your email isnt jedi cloud master too lol
Thank you Matt.
😅 " Odnoszę takie wrażenie, że na stanowiskach " generał " zaczęliście zatrudniać " osoby niepełnosprawne " 😅 " Nie ukrywam " kurwa " że mnie to martwi " 😅
co jest jeszcze zabawniejsze, to „głupi mintaj” wytykający to wszystko. 🤣
@@PunkN_JTM 😅 " Pokojowe Wojsko USA " na koszt podatnika " 😅 " Bardzo honorowo " 🥳👍 " Byle do emerytury i prywatnej firmy ochroniarskiej lub fabryczki broni " 🥳👍 " Brawo USA " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Please tell me what are all the medals for? Paperwork, DEI training?
You seem pretty annoying
Riddle me this.... How in the F*CK does a 4 Star not know EXACTLY how many planes can go to combat right now?
😅 " Ja na to patrzę " 😅 " I mnie zaczyna boleć " ich głupota " 😅
Matt Gaetz 2028! 🇺🇸
To be fair, Gov't fails at everything they do. Lockheed, like Boeing, should concentrate on the biz instead of how many freaks to employ then tell the Gov't to pound sand.
Lockheed Shame on you!
-LHM is a powerful company, nobody dares to point a finger at them.
China is loving this.
Northrop Grumman builds planes that fly!
yay Mr. Gaetz- but remember that even though we are under the gun to get this amended, this guy has a LOT of pent up frustration that needs to be heard...give him your ear.
Great political show, however, what was accomplished here to correct the original FAILED idea of One basic design to fit the needs of three different
Services Missions.....Smacks of F111 dumbness....When Politicians Run War, expect stupid outcomes....
Maybe we can buy some Russian jets
Look at their medals, and they can't answer a f question straight, boutique army 😂😂😂
Logistics isn't simple. Mr Gaetz is onl taking it in a civilian perspective. Unit vehicles with FMC rates around 60% are difficult to sustain. I get what Gaetz is trying to say, but unless Congress will train its airmen/sailors to the degree of LM contractors, nothing will change. A BIG miscommunication that unfortunately the top brass in this hearing didnt catch is that they basically told Mr. Gaetz that the FMC rate is low because LM made them that way, and its all their fault. Whereas the actual issue is just the sheer maintenance hours and resources required for military vehicles and equipment arent there due to inexperience and time mismanagement. If an army unit WITHOUT contractors has a difficult time getting its JLTV fleet to at least 60%, how the hell do you think the military will fare with arguably one of the most complex systems in the world? We paid for the fancy jet and high speed pilots,but its evident that congress and the pentagon didnt plan for sustainment
We may want to consider Agenda 30 out of the UN. I think included in this Agenda is a proposed halt to domestic travel for Americans, with recommendations for Americans only allowed by law to vacation using air travel maybe every third year or fifth year. Anyway, future travel for Americans will become rare. That's the plan and if the airline industry is purposefully constructing danger in the air, that certainly discourages flying.
😅 " Było takie coś w średniowieczu " 😅 " To się " katapulta " nazywało " 😅 " Będziecie " kurwa " za chwilę z " drewnianej łychy " rzucać swoje " nieudane projekty " 😅 " Bo się " kurwa " na " podatniku " fajnie " żeruje " 😤
👏👏👏 Matt trying to expose problems so they get addressed, that’s more patriotic than saying “ no problem here , we all good “
They missed the keep it simple stupid memo…………….
They were too stupid to realize that in that phrase "stupid" referred to THEM!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Clowns are back! 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 Can we never be free of 'em!!
And guess who was a HUGE proponent of KISS? The Legendary Kelly Johnson from Lockheed.
Over 50 billion tax payer money lockheed martin gets a year
Hmmm......maybe it was Lockheed Martin that flew that "plane" into the pentagon office that housed
the accounting books that subsequently disappeared in the fire.
Check the 🏘 MANSIONS on POTOMAC RIVER, and you're going to 👀 where you're tax money WENT 😮
R u fuckin’ kidding me? Wow! Where exactly is the bar? Clearly, it’s 20% or less. Where did the USA go?
All that salad on those uniformed and it means ZERO!!!!
That salad means they always showed up at the chow hall on time, turned in their performance report on time, and saluted their superiors. Uniformed uninformed lifers!
They have ribbons for tying their shoes correctly and eating a banana split in one sitting,
@@DIRTYdeeds613 they are spineless traitors the entire Biden admin
@@Dr.Pepper001 don’t forget inclusivity
95% of military decorations are nothing more than participation trophies very few are worth promotion points and only the ass kissers and yes men /women get them. Take it from a vet the vast majority of them are frigging useless and just cost the enlisted folks lots of money to buy and replace every time a new one comes along. .
The Pentagon is a woke joke!!
As an independent voter, I want more of this version of Matt Gaetz
We're a "paper tiger" like china. smh.
The F-35 is the ghost of McNamara boondoggle F-111B. Every time the services try to make one plane for all they get a mediocre one at best. Eventually, the F-11B was scrapped by the navy and they went with the Awesome F-14 Tomcat.
Thank God Matt Gaetz shames them into admitting how shitty they are at using our hard earned tax paying dollars. We must demand better or refuse to pay taxes.
Billion spent to line the pockets of DOD and congress!!!
These overpaid clowns are an embarrassment to this country
Keep doing good work CMG🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Please co-sponsor HR 82
Very well needed for my family. Thank you
People in positions of power that cannot read their own notes... BRILLIANT!
14 years in his position and his program is failed.
If you ever had to work these Lockheed platforms and be told you have to spend a week playing musical parts because Lockheed's contracts won't allow for the local manufacture of parts that wear out quite frequently you'd be pissed to. Lockheed's and Boeing both get away with this over charging for junk crap because Congress allowed them to become to big to fail. If you saw how much the Air Force is wasting on parts that you can go to the local hardware store and buy for a couple bucks your rage would launch you to the moon. Yet while they continue to waste money on platforms that can barley do what they were designed for they are shit canning the tried and true Platforms that do what they were designed to do and more. So I blame Congress for not holding the Pentagon's feet to the fire and not creating an environment that produced competition among the defense companies. Seems like Congress gave each company their own little defense niche. Lockheed's builds the fighter, Boeing builds the big heavy stuff and Northrop Grumman build the bombers and the smaller companies provide the overpriced parts. What a nice little racket no doubt that whole room will all be corporate generals very soon. And this is how THE MIC FLEECES THE TAX PAYERS.
Dude, you are 100 percent on the money. The amount of waste I have seen in this program is astounding.
@@mytruthslays1303 I have personal experience with Lockheed so I know dam well they rig the maintenance game in their favor. The U-2 is a prime example of that. Where Lockheed performs all depot level maintenance and upgrades.
What are they doing with the money!!!!! OVERSIGHT OVERSIGHT
Isreal, Ukraine, bribes, politicians pockets, etc...
Once again greed wreaks havoc on our country
When is the government going to be held accountable like the normal person. These people are sick out of control
Congressman Matt Gaetz, I understand you may be livid of this production lapse by can you please stop obnoxiously cutting off the military personnel when they are speaking. It's rude and sets a poor standard of discourse in congress.
This info should never be aired in public.
It’s public knowledge. Thus information isn’t hidden or classified.
@@KeepItReal33 if most of the defense doesn't work, it might not be best to be public in other words. The average tax payer may not need to know if the bolt they paid $0.00000003 for is rusting on the f35 lol but they should know where the money is going. No need to divulge operational readiness due to tax dollars lol
@@B01 ,
Again…. It has already been made public, before this. 🙄
Well you can bet, like all good thieves, the fart 35 side sure wants to hide it. 😎
3:27 mark is scary
How much is EACH jet costing TAXPAYERS???
PRETTY SURE SOMEONE OWES TAXPAYERS A REFUND
30% working is a complete JOKE
ALMOST criminal.... Lockheed sold the government faulty jets they knew were plagued with problems from mechanical to electrical and stayed silent about it
SOME MIGHT CALL THAT FRAUD😊
BOEING BUILT SPACESHIP THAT CANNOT RETURN TO EARTH IF IT IS LOADED WITH HUMAN !!!!!!!!!! COULD ONLY RETURN WITHOUT ANY HUMAN !!!!!!!!!!
All those stars and nobody home!
Good one. Yeah I notice an entire dinner of "fruit salad" over their flabby left chest.
Can anyone say TIME TO CUT OUR LOSES. And I got a C note ($100 bill) that LM is cashing those checks like clockwork. 18 years and still trying to drag that rotting corpse over the line. 😎
Question?
Could the problem be more of a software or a hardware issue?
Why would Lockheed Martin make a defective aircraft for the Government?
Doesn't the F-35 get inspected from Lockheed or a 3rd party or the Government before they hand it off?
Could it be that Lockheed Martin had logistic issues or problems from the result of Covid?
VOTL crafts are a tough beast so not too surprising on the MC/FMC values. Would like to know the numbers with regards to field performance and defines the bar for MC/FMC.
It’s not a one sided problem; both have to review the particulars to determine what the true root cause is from statement of work objectives to engineering to flight operations.
But I dunno if we actually get into discussions like this or it just goes into finger pointing blame and shame games 🤷🏾♂️
We need to buy fighter jets from the Russians, China and Turkey (cheaper-more reliable-faster and more powerful-cheaper to operate...etc. and even more beautiful), and we need to equip them with our modern operational weapons, so we can restore our defense capability as quickly as possible.🤔
If you dig deeper, you'll find that companies that FORGE parts for the F35 and other jets/planes have went fully over the top woke in hiring practices. In stead of finding hard workers they get with a program that hires felons " which was never allowed before " and get a tax break of 10k a person. Then when quality goes out the window and you are producing scrap parts, or rework parts x2 or x3 and your behind on shipping dates or unable to fulfill orders because you are waiting on raw stock to reforge the parts that were scrapped. And instead of holding the people that did it accountable and doing drug/alcohol testing regularly when the shop smells like pot and you can see people are hammered HR looks the other way and gives hugs ...
✌️
The F35 program has been fraught with difficulties and delays. The pentagon seems to be in a big hurry to retire perfectly functional aircraft and replace them with expensive, over budget solutions.
I support and will obey Matt Gaetz forever!
If you are under 18 Gaetz will listen.
@@grog5564So will Joe.😅
Completely bananas how openly they discuss the FMC % . IMO that's pretty sensitive information.
Lol years ago I talked to ground maintenance Sergeant and note this was back when the F-35 couldn't shoot it's onboard cannon because the software to shoot the cannon hadn't even been coded yet. So Air force receives F-35 with I believe it was 2 hours flight time and the first thing they do is pull the jet engine and install a new engine and then send that jet engine with 2 hours of flight time to be rebuilt lol. There was no install manual for wing weapon pylons and they ended up putting them on backwards and they scratched the stealth paint which then had to be fixed.
These comments wpuld be suprised how insane it is for any unit vehicle FMC to be even at 60%. Reality is quite jarring
WHO HELPED LM GETTING THE CONTROL OF THESE CONTRACTS IN OUR GOVERNMENT NANCY PANSY PELOOSY N PENCIL NECK SHXTS N SCHEEMER DEMONCRATIC GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL'S DOUBLE SPEEKING NOW SHUT UP N GO SIT IN THE CORNER DEPLORABLES!!!!!!!
Martin Marietta merged with Lockheed to form Lockheed Martin. This is the company that made the solid fuel rockets that blew up the space shuttle and killed our astronauts. Remember?
Now just be a good citizen and file/pay your taxes. The MIC and Congress needs it to continue to fight Wars all over the World.
Despicable... It's like a government that can't govern. 🤷♂
GAO? The words 'Government' and 'Accountability' are no longer cohesive but are more like oil and water or a contradiction in terms.
It would be interesting to find out how the F35 is performing in other services around the world. If it is also failing to produce a suitable product maybe there should be repercussions on LM for not holding up their end of the contract.
Seriously.
Someone, please mount the gallows back up and don't forget to bring the tar and feathers for starters before the main course.
I am shocked by the way, this guy is asking the questions. A political show. He doesn‘t give them the time to answer this questions right.
We pay our taxes to a government whom seems not to give a crap about our nation security…….DEI programs get more attention from our government than military preparedness
Every senior officer who has worked on this program has ended up working for LM or one of its subsidiaries / subcontractors.
WHAT SORT OFF MICKEY MOUSE OPERATION ARE YOU RUNNING.
Leave Fat Amy alone!😭😭😭
F35 program is 3 different aircraft in order to replace as many existing aircraft as possible. Too large too complicated and no savings realised
highly regarded works, ser... you understand aviation xD
its not that theyre broken theyre just having a sleep
Defense contractors run our defense programs. It is all about defense contractor revenue.
NATO countries must be pissed off right now 🤡
Watching US politians is like a cringe reality TV show
71% goes to REVERSE ENGINEERING :))) psssssssssssssssssttt. I didnt say that
They don't fly in tropical rainstorms !
What a sh*t show. MG doesn't let witnesses answer his ?s so he remains ignorant. Not saying he's wrong about how much control LM was able to secure, but clearly the planes fly. For those that don't know, there's a difference between mission capable and full mission capable. You don't always needs full mission capable. Imagine your new car off the lot as FMC. (might even have gripes that the dealer has to take care of in a week or two) it's not FMC but is MC. You can safely take your family to see grandma across the country with no worries. MG just creating chaos to muddy the water regarding his own troubles.
I can tell the car salesman sees you coming a mile away. 😎 Your "logic" is groundbreaking in it's sheer lunacy. Maybe stop eating your crayons when you're scribbling. 😎
I understand this dudes are in the shit list but let them get their damn sentences in for Christ sake
The Republicans have some real stars in the Senate.
3:06 He missed it. The answer was given & he didn’t catch it.
Why do always say the dumbest shit?
Martin Marietta merged with Lockheed to form Lockheed Martin. This is the company that made the solid rocket boosters that blew up the space shuttle and killed our astronauts. Remember?
Actually that was due to the concrete heads of upper management. The engineers were screaming bloody murder not to launch.
To be fair, MC status changes hour to hour.
I like Gaetz but like most of these congressmen get their talking points from lobbyist and don't do there own research. They form an opinion based on incomplete information. Lerhaps if he would have spent time with these men prior to the hearing, the hearing would not have been necessary but, these poli politicians have to grandstand to please their constituents
Truth hurts tiny. 😎
Why do you think they did such a bad job when they made me
Lockheed was the best Lockheed/Martin not so much...Is it possible diversity hires are the problem?
Could be. They're all in on it.