F-35 .. best fighter... as long as the F-22 isn’t around
of course, you wouldn’t know it’s around until you’re smoked...
We will not know until they meet enemy fighters in combat how good the F-35 really is. People thought the P-40 was good too. Lets hope we never find out. Give Peace a chance.
I worked all through the winter of 2007/08 at Fort Worth, installing a manufacturing system for the F-35 program. Those words echo precisely what the Lockheed guys thought. They were pretty unhappy that the F-22 program was curtailed.
Somebody somewhere in the Puzzle Palace thinks there won't be a need for a pure air-superiority fighter when we finally have to deal with the Chinese.
F-35 is best multi-role fighter.
F-22 is (still) the best air-superiority fighter (despite being far older).
There's a great youtube video around by a test pilot talking about the F-22 and comparing it with every other aircraft he's flown (LOTS of models).