Tyler Rogoway is a competent author and critic (and occasional defender) of the F-35 as well, here's his take on the dogfight report from War is Boring;
The fact that the F-35 is maybe not really a good fighter
at all is reminiscent of the question that we’ve been
asking for years — if you don’t really need competitive
maneuverability, than why do we need a fighter at all?
Another line I'll crib from him, but the F-35 was supposed to far exceed all fourth generation fighters in air-to-air combat and they've reduced that threshold so that the F-35 is now 'about as maneuverable' as an F-16? That had external fuel tanks mounted?
Here's what a Eurofighter test pilot had to say about the F-35 kinematics claims:
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-f-35-cant-beat-the-plan...
The highlight for me is the last line:
Another line I'll crib from him, but the F-35 was supposed to far exceed all fourth generation fighters in air-to-air combat and they've reduced that threshold so that the F-35 is now 'about as maneuverable' as an F-16? That had external fuel tanks mounted?Here's what a Eurofighter test pilot had to say about the F-35 kinematics claims:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-f-35-will-never-beat-the-...