Test Pilot Admits the F-35 can’t dogfight.
https://warisboring.com/test-pilot-admits-the-f-35-can-t-dogfight-cdb9d11a875#.9pekmjfaj
“Test Pilot Admits the F-35 can’t dogfight.”
Funny, the F-35 pilot I met said the opposite.
Besides, why dog fight when you can shoot missiles at targets beside you just by turning your head? Last I checked it was a STRIKE fighter and not a dog fighter. If they wanted a dog fighter they would have given it thrust vectoring. It does just what it was designed to do. It is not the F-35’s problem that YOU don’t understand the requirements. Or that you read an article by someone that did not understand them either. Engineers built what the military asked for. Get off our backs.
Test Pilot Admits the F-35 can’t dogfight.
But if they used newer technology to create a smaller, longer range version of the old Phoenix missile they’d never have to let an enemy get close enough to dogfight. But that system could be used on existing multirole fighters, so no need for the F-35 anyway.