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The New F-35 Is So Stealthy, It's Harder To Train Pilots (airforcetimes.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Air Force Times: The F-35 Lightning II is so stealthy, pilots are facing an unusual challenge. They're having difficulty participating in some types of training exercises, a squadron commander told reporters Wednesday. During a recent exercise at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, F-35 squadrons wanted to practice evading surface-to-air threats. There was just one problem: No one on the ground could track the plane. 'If they never saw us, they couldn't target us,' said Lt. Col. George Watkins, the commander of the 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The F-35s resorted to flipping on their transponders, used for FAA identification, so that simulated anti-air weapons could track the planes, Watkins said.
So the F-35 pilot exits Sprawlmart, and looks around for his plane.
I know I parked it here . . . but I just can't see it anywhere!
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
You're thinking of the F-9 3/4, which is so stealthy that even its own pilots can't find it. Costs 200 billion apiece. The money is going to the Pentagon somewhere, but no-one can figure out where the resulting aircraft are.
he had very well trained AA battery teams,
Imagine what he could've done with C, or even D cells.
My pics.
Stop posting FUD, the F9¾ stealth project was a stunning success! Here's a whole squadron of them being proudly displayed.