F22 Raptor and F35 JSF in flight formation
Express: USA’s new TRILLION pound F-35 fighter jet fail to impress pilots who prefer OLD F-22 model
THE predecessor to the US’s new top of the line fighter jet is far superior, according to pilots who would choose the F-22 Raptor over the newer F-35 “hands down”.
Lockheed Martin’s new fighter jet, the F-35, is part of a US programme which cost the country a whopping £1.3trillion ($1.5trillion). However, although the country has broken the bank to get state-of-the-art fighter jets, pilots would still choose its predecessor the F-22 Raptor in battle. For starters, the F-22 Raptor is capable of carrying more air-to-air missiles than its successor.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: I guess stealth is not as cut-out as some want us to believe.
