Setting the Record Straight on F-35
In a teleconference hastily called by Lockheed Martin, Maj. Gen. Charles R. Davis, F-35 program executive officer, said U.S. Air Force analyses show the F-35 Lightning II is at least 400 percent more effective in air-to-air combat capability than the best fighters currently available in the international market.
Speaking on recent media reports that the F-35 was thrashed by Russian fighters in wargames. Davis said: "The reports are completely false and misleading and have absolutely no basis in fact. The August 2008 Pacific Vision Wargame that has been referenced recently in the media did not even address air-to-air combat effectiveness. The F-35 is required to be able to effectively defeat current and projected air-to-air threats. All available information, at the highest classification, indicates that F-35 is effectively meeting these aggressive operational challenges."
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