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I spoke to a USAF pilot and he said the F-35 is a decent plane, easy to fly, well equipped even thus no match for specialized fighters its decently good at ever
by zobzu 11y ago
I spoke to a USAF pilot and he said the F-35 is a decent plane, easy to fly, well equipped even thus no match for specialized fighters its decently good at everything.
Here's the problem though. None of your comment or these article bring any proof and is more of a click-bait than anything else. It's trendy to hit on them, that's all really.
Also, I did actually talk to that pilot and a few others from other aircrafts as its actually an easy thing to do in the US so easy to do/verify on your own for many of us:
since many HN readers are in the bay area, just visit the boats for SF's Fleet week - it's free, and there's always marine pilots of all kinds onboard (mainly heli, but also a few F-35, harrier and osprey pilots.
- neurotech1 11y agoI concur. The F-35 is a decent aircraft performance wise. It might not be quite as agile as an F-16 in airshow configuration, but when carrying a combat load, the F-35 has the edge. When it comes to the F-35 sensor package, its a huge leap beyond the F-16.
- titzer 11y agoNot for the price. $1 trillion is a really step price tag for a "decent aircraft". As for the sensor package and stealth, I'm not entirely sure that suitable upgrades to the F-16 and F-18 series wouldn't have been a better option. Besides, for $1trillion, it should be possible to develop three or four different aircraft with specialist capabilities and use them together.
- zobzu 11y agoi agree, albeit by that rationale you'd better get a Rafale - its the same kind of plane as the F35, minus a few nice features but much cheaper. Which is exactly why the only nations getting an F35 are US allies not making their own aircrafts. others either: -make their own (Eurofighters, SU35S, PAK, etc.) -get get older planes (F15s in particular) -French Rafales.