> to penetrate sophisticated enemy air defenses and find and disable threats—requires what the fifth-generation jet offers: stealth and a stunning array of passive and active sensors
> U.S. forces first took these capabilities into combat last September, when Marine F-35Bs struck the Taliban in Afghanistan
against disorganized rebel forces less well armed than the average suburban American, with no air force and no surface to air missiles. and the U.S. still can't win that war.
> U.S. forces first took these capabilities into combat last September, when Marine F-35Bs struck the Taliban in Afghanistan
against disorganized rebel forces less well armed than the average suburban American, with no air force and no surface to air missiles. and the U.S. still can't win that war.