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Leading British pilots back F-35 performance despite plane’s operational concerns
« on: November 05, 2017, 03:16:45 am »
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Britain’s best fighter pilots have joined Australia’s top guns by backing the F-35 stealth fighter despite the US-built jets’ issues with oxygen supply, overheating, cybersecurity interoperability, manoeuvrability and communications.

The Brit test pilots say the Joint Strike Fighter, to operate out of Tindal and Darwin, is worth every penny. Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Andy Edgell, the UK’s lead test pilot, says the jets should not be judged by these teething problems alone.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/leading-british-pilots-back-f35-performance-despite-planes-operational-concerns/news-story/3bf6adfd97e15df7279db03b7eff51a6
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