November 24, 2018
What the Marines Think of the F-35: It "Kills Everything"
Even if the Pentagon can exercise the full capabilities of the new jet in simulations, there are questions as to how effective the F-35 will be against the latest Chinese and especially Russian integrated air defense systems in the real world.
by Dave Majumdar
“The F-35’s—twenty-four to zero kill ratio—killed all the targets,†Davis said. “It was like Jurassic Park, watching a velociraptor—kills everything, does really well. We can’t get that airplane fast enough into the fleet.â€
The United States Marine Corps’ top aviation officer offered an upbeat assessment of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to the House Armed Services Committee during his testimony on July 6 . The stealthy new jump-jet is performing well during training exercises despite using an interim software configuration that affords the pricy aircraft only a fraction of the capabilities the Pentagon requires of it.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/what-marines-think-f-35-it-kills-everything-37022
