THE problem with F-35 is that it was designed for ground attack missions under F-22 CAP. It was given some fighting abilities for survivability, but it was not designed as an air superiority fighter and can never be an air superiority fighter. That-s the mission of F-22, and it is well capable of fulfilling that mission. But Congress banned export of F-22 to protect its technology, so both national political parties supported elevating F-35 to USAF primary fighter, for the purpose of making it marketable overseas. Other countries don't buy U.S. fighters unless they are used as such by our military. That's why F-22 was cancelled. That decision places our entire national defense in jeopardy, because it relies on air superiority and F-35 was not designed for that mission. We still have that with our old aircraft, but the air superiority required by all of our armed services is slipping away from us. Cancelling F-22 was a political, business decision forced on the USAF generals who were fired one after another because they refused to betray the country, until a noncombat pilot who went along was found and appointed. True story, bro.
