Scudrunners

[url= Boyd[/url] is laughing his ass off at
the AvCan "experts", somewhere.

[quote]In the end, the F-35 — the only new fighter jet that America and most of its allies are developing — is demonstrably inferior in a dogfight with the F-16, which the U.S. Air Force first acquired in the late 1970s.

The test pilot explained that he has also flown 1980s-vintage F-15E fighter-bombers and found the F-35 to be “substantially inferior” to the older plane when it comes to managing energy in a close battle.[/quote]

[quote]On a personal level, Boyd rarely met a general he couldn't offend. He was loud, abrasive, and profane. A man of daring, ferocious passion and intractable stubbornness[/quote]

But, fifth generation.

[quote author=SSU link=topic=391.msg1424#msg1424 date=1435666797]
That's just what happens when you try to make something to do everything rather than one thing really well. Nations want a multi-role aircraft to fit budgets, and the F-35 has always been  a creature of compromise.[/quote]
It's like they forgot the F-111.  I wonder if someone will step up and make this generation's Tomcat.

Long before I was born, the "experts" were all
saying that a fighter didn't need a gun, and it
didn't need to turn.

As usual, the experts were full of shit.