- rarer than rocking horse ****
news.sky.com/story/uk-has-more-f-35-fast-jets-than-pilots-to-fly-them-ben-wallace-admits-12735825
23 jets in the UK, more than 1 per pilot. Interesting that
"the defence secretary described the situation as "quite a challenge", claiming that the deficit in pilots was also because the F-35 Lightning aircraft is new" What is his definition of new ?
Have China got more aircrew than we have?
(Mods, feel free to move to one of the other threads on F35 or training if you feel its more relevant)