Pentagon Report: The F-35 Won't Stand A Chance In Aerial Combat

Three F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (Reuters/Lockheed Martin/Darin Russell)

Three F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (Reuters/Lockheed Martin/Darin Russell) -- RT

Fatal flaws within the cockpit of the US military’s most expensive fighter jet ever are causing further problems with the Pentagon’s dubious F-35 program.

Just weeks after a fleet of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters was grounded for reasons unrelated, a new report from the Pentagon warns that any pilot that boards the pricey aircraft places himself in danger without even going into combat.

In a leaked memo from the Defense Department’s director of the Operational Test and Evaluation Directorate to the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon official prefaces a report on the F-35 by cautioning that even training missions cannot be safely performed on board the aircraft at this time.

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More News On The "Dog-Fight" Weaknesses Of The F-35

Test Pilots: Stealth Jet’s Blind Spot Will Get It ‘Gunned Every Time’ -- The Danger Room
Pilots start F-35 training flights as Pentagon report pans jet -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Pentagon Report Warns Of F-35 Visibility Risks -- KPBS/AP
New Pentagon super fighter will get pilots shot down, warns report -- Washington Times
Leaked Pentagon Report: The F-35 Won't Stand A Chance In Aerial Combat -- Business Insider
F-35 Report Warns of Visibility Risks, Other Dangers -- Defense News
F-35 fighter jet plagued by poor visibility, Pentagon report warns -- Toronto Star
Leaked Pentagon report finds more F-35 flaws -- ABC News (Australia)
Problems aplenty for F-35 according to U.S. report -- The Province/Postmedia News

My Comment: Boeing's Super Hornet is beginning to look very good.