“It went very poorly for the bad guys,” US Marines Deputy Commandant Lt. Gen. Jon Davis stated in the article.
Davis characterized the F-35B as doing a “great job,” but due to the classified nature of the program he did not provide any additional details.
He also noted that the F-35B is a superior warplane to the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which outperformed the F35-B in a dogfight during recent testing.
“I love the F-16. It was a great airplane. Still is pretty good, but I would not want to be in a fight against an F-35,” Davis added.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine and all-weather stealth multirole fighting jet that is undergoing testing and final development.
The F-35’s development has been beset by delays, cost overruns and technical problems. Critics of the program in the US Congress have argued that the F-35 jet is unnecessary and a waste of money.
