“Testing now appears likely to be pushed back to later in 2017 or even 2018.”
An in the following year, 2019, the Chinese F-22 knock off becomes combat operational ...
Money line form the video: In not a single dogfight was the F-35 either able to defend itself against an attack from the F-16 or to convert its attack into a kill. Both planes are multi-role.
And so it was (in another test) that five F-15s could not beat a single F-22, then what chance does the F-35 junk have against an SU-27 or the upcoming J-20? All of these are air-superiority.
The Mil Brass is rapidly running out of money that could have been used for other essential programs in its headlong rush for the F-35 (and a lot of them as they will be lost by the dozen in actual combat).
somewhere, PukinDog is laughing...