F-35s Needed in the Middle East, Lockheed Executive Says
9/15/2017
By Yasmin Tadjdeh
LONDON — The United States and its allies need fifth-generation fighter jets to maintain air superiority in the Middle East, said a Lockheed Martin executive.
The U.S. and its coalition partners have been operating in Syria since 2014 in an effort to take down the Islamic State terrorist group. Since Russia entered the conflict in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2015, it has brought in powerful weapons, said Steve Over, Lockheed's F-35 joint strike fighter international business development director.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2017/9/15/fifth-generation-fighter-needed-for-future-fights-in-middle-east
