F-35 at its best fails to beat a F-16 at its worst in a dogfight

[Cigar]

"The test pilot flying the F-35 makes it very clear that the new jet, even in its ideal configuration without any external stores, was no match against a Block-40 F-16C in a less-than-ideal configuration with a pair of under-wing fuel tanks:

Even with the limited F-16 target configuration, the F-35A remained at a distinct energy disadvantage for every engagement."

"And to add insult to injury, the JSF flier discovered he couldn’t even comfortably move his head inside the radar-evading jet’s cramped $#@!pit. “The helmet was too large for the space inside the canopy to adequately see behind the aircraft.” That allowed the F-16 to sneak up on him."

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the...igh-1714712248

The only way the F-35 was able to beat the F-16 was a desperate maneuver that is too risky for anything else but a 1:1 engagement.

[The Sage of Main Street]

"The test pilot flying the F-35 makes it very clear that the new jet, even in its ideal configuration without any external stores, was no match against a Block-40 F-16C in a less-than-ideal configuration with a pair of under-wing fuel tanks:

Even with the limited F-16 target configuration, the F-35A remained at a distinct energy disadvantage for every engagement."

"And to add insult to injury, the JSF flier discovered he couldn’t even comfortably move his head inside the radar-evading jet’s cramped $#@!pit. “The helmet was too large for the space inside the canopy to adequately see behind the aircraft.” That allowed the F-16 to sneak up on him."

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the...igh-1714712248

The only way the F-35 was able to beat the F-16 was a desperate maneuver that is too risky for anything else but a 1:1 engagement.

We'll never admit that the fault lies in the way we humiliate High IQs so that they have no natural motivation to develop their talent. So we will continue to drop out of the air, and I'll continue to laugh at losers who think they have a right to make me sacrifice in order to benefit them.

[Peter1469]

How much have they spent on the F-35?

[Safety]

F-16, F-15, F-14 are the best of the best, in my book. These new fangled jets are nothing more than manned drones.