These hit pieces are never actually written by anyone with actual air combat experience. Test pilot reports tend to be quoted out of context and misinterpreted

These hit pieces are never actually written by anyone with actual air combat experience. Test pilot reports tend to be quoted out of context and misinterpreted in the media. Its ironic that "everyone" claims the F-35 can't dogfight etc. forgetting that the former JSF program director [0] has actual experience in an actual dogfight[1]. [0] http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=288 http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=288 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1981) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1981)