F-35 A Report

F-35 is USAF's fifth generation advanced combat aircraft.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Fighter
• aircraft
• F-35
• combat
• military

[Blue2Volf]

Every old pilot veteran saying this fighter will be doom of US and its allies I mean how can you planing to achive supremacy with 2 radar guided and 2 heat seeker and its radar guided missles trimmed so it can fit in bay have shorter range.I hope Im mistaken for your sake but the veterans were American veterans they didnt like the fact being outmatch on every aspect but stealth.Cant run cant turn cant climb cant over power

[1ohtaf1]

Totally agree with you, alot of the mig fans are having the mind set that a plane is ither invisible or its not. They say the stealth is useless because it can be seen, but the fact is if the F35 has a much smaller RCS (compared to russian planes) and big radars so it F35 can be seen if its very close, but it will have seen you long before and in real life you will be dead already.

[TFOKillSwitch]

the first 2 have rolled off prodution line

[datzfast]

i would argue that any modern jet fighter

is limited in turn radius by the human occupant. some day a drone will shoot down 10 manned aircraft in one sortie

and the human will be grounded.

[cr9527]

yes, but keep in mind, the F-35 has a by far superior BvR capability, which happens 80% of the time, and has perfect precision ground attack capability, while costing roughly the same price as Rafale or Typhoon.

[EliteGhost001]

None knows that for sure until all of those fighters have faced eachother. once that has happened, we'll talk ;-)

[cr9527]

How often do dogfights occur? Not very often. Even in a dogfight, the F-35 has an advantage that no other 4.5 generation has, Drag.

F-35's powerful engines, combined with minimal drag, and fairly large control surfaces theoretically allow it to sustain a turn much greater than conventional fighters.

F-35's stealth, combined with its Very powerful radar, out ranges the Typhoon, rafale, and gripen by over 70km, giving it 1st shoot capabilities.

[EliteGhost001]

and would be blown to hell in a dogfight because believe me, most of the time it will not get the opportunity to take the enemy down so fast.

[cr9527]

Conclusion, F-35 has better avionics, a much smaller RCS, much longer range, less drag, and has the capability of striking 1st in battle in stealth mode.

[cr9527]

F-35

Max Speed: 1.6

Stealth : 0.01-0.005, compared to 0.1 of Rafale, and Typhoon.

Weight: Medium class, F-16, and Gripen are Light fighters, not the same class

Range: Higher than most other jets

Max Payload in Stealth config: low, although similar to F-16 or Gripen's combat load

Max payload in non-stealth config: High, Higher than most in its class

Cost: Medium, similar to Eurofighter

Avionics: better than Typhoon, Rafale, F-16 and Gripen