Yes, but the excellent F-15 was a synthesis between the ideas of the Figher Mafia[1] which Sprey represents and the more technocratic elements of the Air Force.

Yes, but the excellent F-15 was a synthesis between the ideas of the Figher Mafia[1] which Sprey represents and the more technocratic elements of the Air Force. By contrast, the F-35 seems to be an example of the worst excesses of the later. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_Mafia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_Mafia