December 26, 2018
Introducing the 5 Worst U.S. Fighter Jets of All Time (And Yes, the F-35 Made the List)
Let the debate begin.
by Dave Majumdar
Key point: "The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is not necessarily a bad plane—however, it is years late, grotesquely over budget nor is the aircraft likely to ever deliver what its designers originally promised".
The United States has built many great fighters over the years. The P-51 Mustang, the F4U Corsair, F-86 Sabre, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F-22 are among the best warplanes this country has ever produced. This article is not about those machines.
(This first appeared in late 2015.)
There have been plenty of times when American ingenuity has fallen flat on its face. This article is about the dregs of U.S. warplane designs—the worst of the worst. But from each of these failures, we can learn something and make sure it never happens again. It’s only a failure of you don’t learn something from it.
Bell P-59 Airacomet:
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/introducing-5-worst-us-fighter-jets-all-time-and-yes-f-35-made-list-39807
