Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

[Suhiir]

Originally Posted by shahadi

In other words getting the damn thing to be able to fight and survive.
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In the case of the B it's already a superior aircraft (in almost all respects) to what it's replacing, the Harrier. I'll freely admit I'm not as familiar with the A and C variants.

Look at the F-35 in comparison to what it replaces as a ground attack aircraft not in comparison to air superiority aircraft.

The F-16 didn't come out of the box as it exists is today, no new aircraft does. Has the F-35 had more then it's share of problems, probably. Are those problems insurmountable, no.