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U.S. Air Force's new F-35 jet is beaten in dogfight by F-16 designed in the 1970s

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Misleading (Score: 1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-07-08 16:11 (#DPNQ)

A pilot with over a thousand hours in a F-16 beat a pilot with a handful of hours in a F-35. Not exactly a fair fight.

But even if it was, it doesn't matter. Dogfights are an outdated thing now. Fights are now decided when they are miles away from each other.

Re: Misleading (Score: 1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-07-08 18:29 (#DQ4Y)

That's what they said before Vietnam.

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