{"id":60637,"date":"2015-06-30T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60637"},"modified":"2015-06-30T08:20:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T12:20:42","slug":"pilot-f-35-cant-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60637","title":{"rendered":"Pilot: F-35 can’t dogfight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bobo sends us a link from War Is Boring<\/a> which discusses a report allegedly written by one of the test pilots of the new F-35 jet which says that the Joint Strike Fighter can’t dog fight. In the test, the F-35 went up against the F-16, you know, one of the aircraft the F-35 is supposed to replace;<\/p>\n

The F-35 was flying \u201cclean,\u201d with no weapons in its bomb bay or under its wings and fuselage. The F-16, by contrast, was hauling two bulky underwing drop tanks, putting the older jet at an aerodynamic disadvantage.<\/p>\n

But the JSF\u2019s advantage didn\u2019t actually help in the end. The stealth fighter proved too sluggish to reliably defeat the F-16, even with the F-16 lugging extra fuel tanks. \u201cEven with the limited F-16 target configuration, the F-35A remained at a distinct energy disadvantage for every engagement,\u201d the pilot reported.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s much more at the long article which draws from an unclassified, but official report, supposedly. <\/p>\n

So let’s summarize what we know about the F-35; it can’t fight in the air against other older aircraft and it can’t support ground forces. So what good is it? You know, other than providing employment for Lockheed Martin suits. It provides transportation for one pilot, too, I suppose, when the engine isn’t exploding like the one that blew up during takeoff last year at Eglin AFB.<\/p>\n

The test pilot explained that he has also flown 1980s-vintage F-15E fighter-bombers and found the F-35 to be \u201csubstantially inferior\u201d to the older plane when it comes to managing energy in a close battle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obviously, the pilot isn’t aware that newer always means better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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