To: coloradan
"My understanding of these planes is that they consistently win dogfights when outnumbered 9-1 by F-15s or F-16s."
Where are you getting this? One of the big knocks against the F-35 is that it's turning out to be a piss-poor fighter. The Australians are evaluating it for purchase, and in their simulations against Su-27 derivatives, it was, and I quote, "clubbed like a baby seal".
Pierre Spey, the chief designer of the F-16 and A-10, says that the F-35 is shaping up to be an absolutely lousy fighter... poor wing loading, poor vertical acceleration, inferior cockpit visibility compared to the teen-series of fighters, among other things.
18 posted on
01/25/2009 7:14:25 PM PST by
DesScorp
To: DesScorp
The Australians are evaluating it for purchase, and in their simulations against Su-27 derivatives, it was, and I quote, "clubbed like a baby seal". Complete and utter cr@p. We did NOT sim the SU-27 v F-35. Read the link below and learn.
http://www.t5c.biz/showthread.php?t=7923
23 posted on
01/25/2009 9:50:10 PM PST by
Dundee
(They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
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