US Navy NAVAIR caught reposting stolen fanart!
4 years ago
There was quite a stir a couple days ago in late October 2021, as the US Navy's NAVAIR department posted what they implied to be concept art for the new FA-XX aircraft program, intended to field the successor to the F-18 Hornet.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new.....oncept-design/
This is the image in question;
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FC5G4wx.....amp;name=small
Now, take a good long look at that aircraft design one more time, before looking at this concept art published on the NationStates forum in 2007, which was created by a private user for world-building purposes;
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/nsd.....ghte-t324.html
Given how badly the Pentagon botched Afghanistan, should it really be surprising that they aren't above plagiarism?
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new.....oncept-design/
This is the image in question;
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FC5G4wx.....amp;name=small
Now, take a good long look at that aircraft design one more time, before looking at this concept art published on the NationStates forum in 2007, which was created by a private user for world-building purposes;
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/nsd.....ghte-t324.html
Given how badly the Pentagon botched Afghanistan, should it really be surprising that they aren't above plagiarism?

S0C0M_3
~s0c0m3
🤦

WarMocK
~warmock
... really? (/o.o \)

bloodgod245
~bloodgod245
oh my

Major Matt Mason
~marmelmm

DireWolf505
~direwolf505
Oh, boy. Nice job, USN.