Trump seems to think F-35 is “literally invisible” in flight

The F-16 pilot totally can't see the F-35. Must be invisible. (credit: US Air Force)

In a speech last week before the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, President Donald Trump repeated a point he has frequently made about the wonder of American military technology-that the F-35 Lightning II's "super stealth" technology makes it literally invisible.

Trump said of the F-35:

This is an incredible plane. It's stealth-you can't see it. So when I talk to even people from the other side, they're trying to order our plane. They like the fact that you can't see it. I said, "How would it do in battle with your plane?" They say, "Well we have one problem-we can't see your plane." That's a big problem. Stealth, super stealth. The best in the world. We make the best military equipment in the world. Also, remember this: jobs.

This is not the first time Trump has called the F-35 invisible. For instance, in a visit with Coast Guardsmen in Puerto Rico last November, Trump said the F-35 was "almost like an invisible fighter"You can't see it. You literally can't see it. It's hard to fight a plane you can't see."

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