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Old 07-03-2015, 10:16 AM   #330
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The pilot's full report is up.

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/rea...t-719a4e66f3eb

The F-16D was carrying 2 external fuel tanks and still outmaneuvered the F-35 in clean configuration handily.

They didn't even get into that the F-35 is only LO to certain radar frequencies in certain directions when in clean configuration and has a brutal IR signature.

The design was compromised from day one by the insistence for maximum commonality with the Marine Corps VSTOL model.
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