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To: whyilovetexas111

Wasn’t the F35 not really designed for a dogfight, supposed to engage beyond visual range?

Not an aircraft guy, so just curious.


3 posted on 08/27/2025 7:27:51 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: HombreSecreto
within the visual range part of the engagement envelope

And a Zero could take out a Hellcat in low-speed, horizontal dogfight. So what?

10 posted on 08/27/2025 7:38:09 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: HombreSecreto

The question is not how well the F-35 is against and old French Jet, but how well is stands up to a Mig 41 in combat.


11 posted on 08/27/2025 7:40:29 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: HombreSecreto

“Wasn’t the F35 not really designed for a dogfight, supposed to engage beyond visual range?”

That’s what I thought too. Of course this may be a push for billions in new aircraft.


12 posted on 08/27/2025 7:45:23 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: HombreSecreto
Wasn’t the F35 not really designed for a dogfight

Not only that, but an F35 might very well be accompanied by a cohort of F15s, the way aircraft carriers are surrounded by destroyers, cruisers, and submarines.

24 posted on 08/27/2025 10:04:17 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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