National Interest: The F-35 Is a Killer, But It Can't Win Against an F-22 In a Dogfight
Which jet is the top dog?
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter—which is built in three versions—recently completed its developmental test phase and is operational with the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy will soon join the ranks of JSF operators with the F-35C carrier variant, which is scheduled to become operational later this year or early 2019.
The Navy—which refused to accept anything other than the final Block 3F configuration—is the last of the three services to adopt the aircraft, which the Marines adopted first in 2015 with the F-35B jump-jet variant. Meanwhile, for the Air Force, the F-35A conventional takeoff version is rapidly becoming its mainstay fighter. Indeed, with the production of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor having been terminated at 187 aircraft and the Air Force seriously considering the retiring its Boeing F-15C Eagle fleet, the JSF might be pressed into the air superiority role. But how does the F-35 stack up against the F-22 as a fighter?
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WNU Editor: The closest that the Russians have to the F-22 is the Su-57, and they want more of them .... Stealth Showdown: Russia Wants More Fifth-Generation Su-57s Fighters (National Interest).
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The main reason US aircraft have better K/D ratios is because of the simple notion that you are not just buying the aircraft. The US directly trains and complements all air units flying their planes, where as the Russians do not.
F-35 is designed to integrate into a system of aircraft flying the sky, F16's F18's F15's, Bombers, Apache helicopters, Drones and the list goes on.
It is no wonder the design specifications are the same as F18 or F16, because these planes have a role, have a place in the tactics. In the multi plane vs plane battle.
Swarm tactics are interesting to say the least, more so in combat.
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