F-35A in full loadout for first time

[UKBengali]

The word 'poor' implies a comparison.

The F-16 will lose against the F-22, so does that mean the F-16 is a 'poor' air-air fighter ?

This is real physics, not 'Bangladeshi physics'. You want to have custom physics, talk to the Chinese and the Iranians.


And how many of them are there in deployment ? Please do not bring up the Chinese or the Russians.


No, you are not. The gullible may believe you, but not I.

The vast majority of the world's countries have to import their defense. That means they have to accept what the market have. The Russians are unlikely to product a viable '5th-gen' combat aircraft and the Chinese are somewhat 10 yrs away. In the mean time, the F-35 is the only game in town.

F-35 will be around for decades and there will be air-combat optimised 5th generation fighters from many countries around during this time.

Just how will be F-35 stand up to these fighters that will be stealthier, supercruise and be more manuverable?
Will the US then allow export of the F-22 to certain allies like UK and Japan?

 

[EpiiC]

F-35 will be around for decades and there will be air-combat optimised 5th generation fighters from many countries around during this time.

Just how will be F-35 stand up to these fighters that will be stealthier, supercruise and be more manuverable?
Will the US then allow export of the F-22 to certain allies like UK and Japan?

Which countries are going to build a better plane the F-35 ?

 

[gambit]

F-35 will be around for decades and there will be air-combat optimised 5th generation fighters from many countries around during this time.

Right now, not even the Russians believe that.

Which countries are going to build a better plane the F-35 ?

Bangladesh.

 

[DavidSling]

F-35 will be around for decades and there will be air-combat optimised 5th generation fighters from many countries around during this time.

Just how will be F-35 stand up to these fighters that will be stealthier, supercruise and be more manuverable?
Will the US then allow export of the F-22 to certain allies like UK and Japan?

Just how they will be stealthier?
It's not the dog fights of WWII where you shooted down aircrafts with guns.
Today it's all about Cyber and EW and stealth capabilities including situational awareness of the surrounding

 

[UKBengali]

Which countries are going to build a better plane the F-35 ?

China with J-20 once they have the 5th generation WS-15 engine ready.

I can see others like Turkey and South Korea with the next 10-15 years also.

 

[DavidSling]

Right now, not even the Russians believe that.


Bangladesh.

He's not up for any serious discussion regarding the program nor he has the knowledge for such.
I'm sure that trolling is his end game here.

 

[cloud4000]

One of the most hyped weapon systems ever produced.
Oh wait a minute forgot tejas. So second most hyped weapon system ever produced.

Please don't compare F-35 to Tejas. One of the two is in production, inducted into the USAF, and are actually conducting flight operations. The other aircraft is still in development, even though it started well before the other.

 

[DavidSling]

China with J-20 once they have the 5th generation WS-15 engine ready.

I can see others like Turkey and South Korea with the next 10-15 years also.

And how did u conclude that it's going to be better than the F-35 exactly?

 

[UKBengali]

Just how they will be stealthier?
It's not the dog fights of WWII where you shooted down aircrafts with guns.
Today it's all about Cyber and EW and stealth capabilities including situational awareness of the surrounding

Pray that the US gives some F-22s, as once other 5th generation fighters start entering the ME region then your airforce will be at a serious disadvantge in air-combat.

And how did u conclude that it's going to be better than the F-35 exactly?

Please read what has already been posted already before asking these questions.

 

[EpiiC]

China with J-20 once they have the 5th generation WS-15 engine ready.

I can see others like Turkey and South Korea with the next 10-15 years also.

Turkey and SK and China doesn't have the technology to make a plane better than F-35..... No country can even make a plane better than F-22 and that was made in 1990s.... USO has technology 20+ years in advance.

 

[DavidSling]

Pray that the US gives some F-22s, as once other 5th generation fighters start entering the ME region then your airforce will be at a serious disadvantge in air-combat.

How did u get to this assumption?

 

[EpiiC]

Please don't compare F-35 to Tejas. One of the two is in production, inducted into the USAF, and are actually conducting flight operations. The other aircraft is still in development, even though it started well before the other.

F-35 will be better than Tejas and all other planes apart from big brother F-22.

 

[DavidSling]

Pray that the US gives some F-22s, as once other 5th generation fighters start entering the ME region then your airforce will be at a serious disadvantge in air-combat.



Please read what has already been posted already before asking these questions.

I don't need to read anything, as u're comparing a not existing turkish platform to F-35 and claiming it will be better.

 

[UKBengali]

Turkey and SK and China doesn't have the technology to make a plane better than F-35..... No country can even make a plane better than F-22 and that was made in 1990s.... USO has technology 20+ in advance.

That is your opinion and you are entitled to it. I disagree as no amount of fancy avionics can compensate for the massive disadvantage built into the F-35 airframe.

 

[AMDR]

Here we go again....

Almost 2000 F-35s produced by 2030 for the US Military and we are still talking purely about qualitative advantages? How many Su-57s and J-20s are Russia and China going to produce combined by then? This is of course ignoring the fact that the F-35 is arguably a better plane (kinematics should be the least impressive aspect of a fifth generation fighter)

About F-35 stealth:

""I would say that General Hostage … is accurate in his statement about the simple stealthiness of the F-35 [with regard] to other airplanes," Bogdan said in the interview. The statement was accurate for radar cross section, as measured in decibels, and range of detectability, he said, and he scoffed at the notion that anyone can tell how stealthy an aircraft is just by looking at it.""

From: http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2014/December 2014/The-F-35-on-Final-Approach.aspx