A test pilot report obtained by defense journalist David Axe of War is Boring detailed the performance of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in a mock air battle against a two-seat F-16D in January. The F-16D—based on a design developed 40 years ago, and from a production run in the mid-1990s—bested the F-35 in close-range combat maneuvers. In the report, which Axe had obtained but did not publish in full, the F-35 pilot reported that his aircraft was in a "clean" configuration for the test, carrying nothing under its wings or in its internal weapons bays.
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Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica
Tue, 06/30/2015 - 3:10pm
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