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It Turns Out the F-35 Can Dogfight (defensenews.com)

Posted by timothy on from the dogfighting-with-the-stars-is-next dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Writing for Defense News, Lara Seligman reports, "For the first time since a controversial report detailing how the F-35 performs in a dogfight emerged last summer, an F-35 pilot gave an in-depth analysis of his experience flying the jet in a close-range battle scenario. Norwegian Air Force Maj. Morten 'Dolby' Hanche, the first Norwegian to fly the F-35, analyzed the jet's performance in a dogfight in a March 1 blog post published on Norway's Ministry of Defense website. Although Hanche never mentions the 2015 report, 'F-35A High Angle of Attack Operational Maneuvers' revealed last summer by blogger David Axe on WarisBoring.com, he counters many of the anonymous author's claims."

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  1. Re:Against an aircraft that first flew in 1974... by NormalVisual · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you read the article he mentions being capable of being marginally more offensive than he could be in an F-16.

    I can be more offensive than almost anything, and I don't even need an airplane.

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  2. A Basset Hound Can Dogfight by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 4, Funny

    In related news, recent findings show that a Basset Hound can dogfight. Not very effectively, and the dog seldom wins the fight. But evidence has been uncovered of basset hounds fighting other dogs.

  3. Re:Against an aircraft that first flew in 1974... by Assmasher · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look out for Norwegian pilots wanting to fly you ;).

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  4. Re:One says it can, One says it can't by drewsup · · Score: 4, Funny

    The f-35 is cheap and in large numbers to follow...
    At 100 million per aircraft I would hate to see your definition of expensive!