The F35 Lightning II perhaps the most polarizing fighter jet ever made, has managed to both excel in exports and performance, while being much less popular than it’s often less capable peers.

Despite being the most successful stealth aircraft ever made it is NOT without it’s problems.. But, do these issues really make it nearly as bad as we’ve been led to believe? Find out in this video, on the Notorious Joint Strike Fighter.
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Attributions
F35 3D:    • RNoF F35 Intercepts BBC Tu160  
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grummen, Pratt & Whitney, US Department of Defense, various 3rd party users.

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SOURCES
F35 Armament: https://sgp.fas.org/crs/weapons/RL305...
Yak141 Copycat myth: http://www.codeonemagazine.com/articl...
Gen. Mike Hostage: https://breakingdefense.com/2014/06/g...
F35 Crash rates: https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/ar...
F35 Cost misconception: https://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/...
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0:00 Intro
0:56 The F35
1:38 X32 vs X35
2:04 Export Success
2:46 Variants
4:13 Yak141 Copycat myth
5:15 Convair 200
6:32 Development
7:08 Production
7:26 Why it’s so good
7:41 Armamanet
8:21 Situational awareness
13:14 Radar and EW
16:30 Dogfighting
17:42 Stealth
19:51 The Hate
20:16 “It’s too slow”
22:31 “It can’t dogfight”
23:25 “It can’t shoot straight”
24:45 “It doesn’t work”
25:57 F135 Overheating issue
27:00 F135 Fix ‘ECU’
27:11 “They keep crashing”
29:08 “Trillion dollar jet”
32:04 Hated Brilliance
32:27 Conclusion
32:59 Outro

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