Recently, noted entrepreneur who helped PayPal and Tesla become worldwide brands plus successful rocket man as leader of SpaceX and Starlink; Elon Musk decided to start posting on X – formerly Twitter – about of all subjects, the F-35 Lightning II. Musk’s tweets would set off a global rebuttal, including from Billie Flynn, former F-35 test pilot and current military aviation pundit. Musk on X: “F-35 design was broken at the requirements level” On X, Musk posted several statements about the F-35 from his verified account.
Musk started with a post of a video with mini drone swarms like at drone shows. As if drones at drone shows can pack a weapon and think autonomously to dogfight with another aerial vehicle like the X-62A. Musk would expand from his November 23 post to other posts much more.
.. strident such as the post below: Considering that Musk is a senior advisor to President-elect Donald Trump to the point of flying on Trump Force One with the President-elect , this raises some concerns.
Additionally, Musk is co-chair of President-elect Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project to cut government waste. Musk has prompted responses by experts. On LinkedIn, Billie Flynn responds to Elon Musk’s post Billie Flynn, one of Lockheed Martin’s test pilots who has since semi-retired into becoming a military aviation pundit, shared on LinkedIn : Absolutely Elon Musk.
Who needs pilots flying manned fighters like Lockheed Martin hashtag#F35s and Boeing .
