I’m not in the military, but the F-35 seems to me, to be quite a good plane.
Best ever. By anyone. Ever.
The F-22 beats it in every way.
>>I’m not in the military, but the F-35 seems to me, to be quite a good plane.
Best ever. By anyone. Ever.<<
The F-35 was SUPPOSED to be a replacement MRF for the various MRFs out there now: F-16, F-18, Mirage, etc.
The idea was a good one: A single airframe that would be low-cost and be able to be serviced in any western country and flown by any pilot in those countries.
Instead we have an expensive albatross with so much mission creep that it can do NONE of the things it was supposed to do.
Read the article about all the things wrong with the Best. Ever.
The best modern craft was the F-22. They shoulld bring it back. NOW.
And they should start the whole F35 program again, and this time stay to the principles. The F-16 and F-18 have been fantastic but they were designed 30+ years ago (when we could actually DO things).
Lol, are you the chief engineer?
Almost anything is better.
F-15 hasn’t ever had a combat loss, maybe just use that.
I think you forgot the /s tag...
Not even close. Toss the electronics being withheld from the F-22 and it eats the F-35’s lunch. The F-35 is less stealthy and its radar half as powerful as the F-22.
Other than the massive list of unaddressed safety issues operational inadequacies, and that not a single performance requirement has not been fully met.
Indeed- take the most recent updated F-18 and put it against any fully-operational F-35... both with competent pilots - I just don’t see the superiority of the F-35.