One must also remember that a lot of the critics of the F-35 worked on competing projects of for Boeing. The politicians that always criticize it are usually those that supported the Boeing model that lost the competition between the two models. The worst of problems for the F-35 are now in the past. The reports coming out lf the last Red Flag war game in Nevada are glowing; the F-35 racked up a 20:1 kill ratio. It also defeated aggressor aircraft when it was wildly outnumbered. I saw a video that claimed at Red Flag, now that the F-35 has it’s full combat capability one F-35 consistently defeated 6 F-15’s, 6-F-16’s, 6F-18’s, and 6 of any Euro fighters that were in Red Storm this year. The F-35 is here to stay it is the best Strike Fighter ever produced. Working together with F-22’s, the F-35 will allow the US and our allies to operate together to establish air supremacy in any theater of operations. The F-35 gives US pilots a bigger advantage in team work, tactical battle management and situational awareness than any pilots have ever had over any potential enemies. It is a game changer, and if you listen to the pilots that fly it, you will hear all of them talk about how much easier the F-35 is to fly and fight than the aircraft they flew previously.
I am hearing the same from the military guys here in Nevada.
I believe that god’s eye makes everything else obsolete. Sure the F-35 will have lots of teething pains but the ability to see the entire battle space from the pilot’s helmet is simply a stunning achievement.
Wow.