Originally Posted by
CoodaShooda
A couple of observations that I’ve picked up in conversation with F35 pilots over the last few years.
The first had flown F/A-18’s in operations in the Middle East. “For a pleasure flight, give me a Hornet. But if I’m going to war, give me a Lightning.”
The second, being uncharacteristically modest after scoring 10 kills over three missions at a Red Flag Alaska without once being targeted himself, “They were only F16’s and they couldn’t see me.”
After all the money that has been spent and is still to be spent, I would expect pilots to say what was said about the F35.
After all. It is 5th generation.