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Pretty funny....
"Lockheed Upbeat Despite F-35 Losing Dogfight to Red Baron". (A bit of background: billions are being spent on the F-35, intended as a vulnerable and hyper-expensive replacement for the study A-10 Warthog, and the F-35's backers were recently embarrassed when it came off second-best in a dogfight against a 30 year old F-16. Among other things, the virtual reality helmet restricted the F-35's pilot's ability to see the actual reality to his rear quadrants).
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Actually, it was an F16 pilot flying a Fokker Dr.I who beat the F35. Which, of course, makes the satire even more biting.
Neither the A-10 nor the F-35 are dogfighting aircraft. They were never intended to be. Dogfighting went out with the Vietnam war. The A-10 is a ground attack aircraft. The engines are mounted above and behind the wing to shield them from ground fire.
While the F-35 may be FUBAR, the USS Gabrielle Giffords seems more appropriate to this blog. :) http://www.duffelblog.com/2015/06/uss-gabrielle-giffords-christened-gun-free/
Thanks for the lost hours this weekend!