Originally Posted by FODPlod
Originally Posted by Maj Gen Charles R. Davis, F-35 program executive officer 19 Sep 2008
Here are the facts:
• The F-35 is a racehorse, not a "dog," as Wheeler/Sprey suggest. In stealth combat configuration, the F-35 aerodynamically outperforms all other combat-configured 4th generation aircraft in top-end speed, loiter, subsonic acceleration and combat radius. This allows unprecedented "see/shoot first" and combat radius advantages...
Well, you can argue that neither of the 4th gen can get into 'stealth configuration' in the first place, which renders this claim a priori true, but the innuendo behind the claims is quite clear.