Test Pilot Admits the F-35 Can’t Dogfightby DAVID AXE A test pilot has some very, very bad news about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The pricey new stealth jet can’t turn or climb fast enough to hit an enemy plane during a dogfight or to dodge the enemy’s own gunfire, the pilot reported following a day of mock air battles back in January. “The F-35 was at a distinct energy disadvantage,†the unnamed pilot wrote in a scathing five-page br
Report: In test dogfight, F-35 gets waxed by F-16
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