a1bill,
"F-35 Lightning II is at least
400 percent more effective in air-to-air combat capability than the best
fighters currently available in the international market.
Simulations are always built on assumptions when actual data isn't available, they might be correct or wrong. So, what are the assumptions for this point you advertise? The F-35 has been on a slippery slope down the hill from what was originally promised. Where on the slope are the assumptions based? So far, the only real data point is the encounter with the F-16, leaked to the general public, that didn't go to well for the F-35. But you can revive the arguments of the fine points of why which were already discussed many pages ago. In the meantime, all of these F-35 performance claims tends to be window dressing by a combination of L-M, the US DoD and those who are attempting to justify their decisions to purchase the F-35 at an inflated prices, certainly by the time the F-35 is really ready for front line usage. Time races on, faster than the F-35.