Like the F-22, the F-35 can maneuver right in there and attack with a close-in kill shot without playing chicken. If the F-35 gets in a bad situation, the pilot can extract himself a heck of a lot easier than in an F-15. The F-35 can turn away and still attack because it has eyes in the back of its head coupled with high off boresight missiles.
M2, the above quote is from, 'Pete “Toes” Bartos of Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, a former F-15/F-18 pilot and Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) requirements officer at the Air Combat Command' and is taken from fully paid up members of the F-35 fan club, sldinfo.com, link here (originally posted by a1bill)-
Shaping the F-35 Combat System Enterprise | SLDInfo
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