F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

A Bad Few Months for the F-35

F-35 HFT performs in the Canadian International Air Show, cc Flickr Robert Sullivan, modified, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

A mysterious crash in Japan and a rebuff from NATO ally Germany are just two of the latest setbacks for the world’s most expensive weapon platform.

The F-35 and Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD)

Public domain photograph from defenseimagery.mil., https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:A_U.S._Air_Force_pilot_navigates_an_F-35A_Lightning_II_aircraft_assigned_to_the_58th_Fighter_Squadron,_33rd_Fighter_Wing_into_position_to_refuel_with_a_KC-135_Stratotanker_assigned_to_the_336th_Air_Refueling_130516-F-XL333-556.jpg

Air force composition is a key question as potential competitors close the capability gap with Western militaries.

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