The truth is coming out, Group Captain Ian Townsend opens up and said "The F-35 is not a multi-role fighter."
To try and get it ready for 2018, they have to do "developmental test flying, operational test flying and frontline flying all at the same time"
When in the simulator, Townsend felt flooded by the stuff "In fact, I asked for the simulator to be stopped because I was taken aback by the information being displayed to me"
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