So are we!

Agreed. 👍

Not what we talked about!

Nah man there's quite a bit of knowledge out there about cutting edge technology if you dig deep enough.

Hello Shadow--I try to explain every new term that comes up. If it is a term that was previously used and explained (and on our website Glossary page) then I usually don't explain it again.

@@FighterPilotPodcast I know you do, that is why as simmer I have nothing against (even encourage) you going "extreme geeknes". It can only help me understand better my virtual DCS Hornet

LRRPFco52 much of that cannot be covered in unclassified venues.

@@FighterPilotPodcast What I heard in this podcast was that the F-35 was focused more on being a strike aircraft, which has always been my understanding until what I heard LTC Chip Berke and a senior grey Eagle driver say about their experiences in the F-35A & B. Berke's main takeaway was that he came into 5th Gen aircraft from a 4th Gen perspective, which he soon realized was wholly inadequate to understand what a 5th Gen bird really was, and he came to that realization in the F-22A. He pointed out that VLO is what most people fixate on, when the sensor fusion and info sharing are more relevant. He illustrated that by saying the F-22 is the fastest, most maneuverable fighter out there, and those are the least impressive things about it. I listened to Dozer's aircraft interview where he briefly talked about F-22A initial tactics development and how no matter what kind of approaches they flew against C Model Eagles, they just slayed them for sport and were never seen. In one 4 v 12 they did, he said they got so tired of beating Vipers & Eagles, they had a contest against the clock to see how quickly they could kill 12, and did it in 2min 22sec. Berke said the F-35 is more like the -22 than any other bird out there for A2A, and brings things to the table the -22 doesn't have in that regard. First thing that came to my mind when he said that was EODAS & NCTR interleaved with the basic sensor fusion architecture approach from the Raptor. Either way, I wouldn't want to be near the airfield, let alone my aircraft if I was any threat air, & knew JSF was in theater.

@@LRRPFco52 I feel like that's what alot of the public doesn't realize about the f35. Being fast flying high and having a high sustaned turn rate is great but these aircraft aren't racing they are fighting. I've never flown IRL but when I play fighter sims the biggest task I have is managing my sensors and finding targets. I too would love to hear more about the f35 in an air dominance role. Everyone criticicizes it's small wings but dont consider that it's specially shaped fat body also produces lift. I think it might also be more manuverable than people make it out to be. It seems to have very good high AoA performance.

@@memememine1 F-35 has higher cruise speed than the F-16 combat configured, far more combat radius, and better E-M from the words of senior F-16 pilots who have flown the F-35A. One Norwegian pilot pointed out that he doesn't have to light the burner to make sustained speed turns over FL250 in the F-35A, which he has to do in the F-16 with wing tanks.

LRRPFco52 great comment

Check out our F-35 episode (78) and you'll find we agree with you.

Possibly. It's cliche but only time will tell.

@@FighterPilotPodcast Indeed. Military always have tech well before everyone else, so us mere mortals can only dream what tech the F35 and 6th gen stuff have now that we might see commercially in 20-30 years,

Implants will make piloting easier.

Never flew the MiG-15 (did I mistakenly say I did or was that Sunshine?)

@@FighterPilotPodcast That was Sunshine! I messed up my apology

@@hg2560 No problem--I thought maybe I forgot!

Tough call. Neither Sunshine nor I (Jell-O) ever flew 5th Gen fighters but I have to think he'd agree a 4th with JHMCS and AIM-9X. But per this episode, the F-35 hopefully never gets to that point...

A 5th Gen isn't a 5th gen without HMD or HMS nowadays, as F-22A got JHMCS integration. The question I always have for people is what was your logical sequence that led up to a 4th Gen setting up a merge with a 5th Gen? A. After your wingman bursts into a fireball, you start volume searching where you weren't pointed upon turning into a 1-ship? B. Aviator wizardry?

@@FighterPilotPodcast wasn't that said about the f-4 and not having a cannon

F-35 and, recently, F-22 both have high-off boresight, and F-35 using DAS can even track targets in any direction, which makes AIM-9X infinitely more lethal.

@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 Plus AIM-9X Block II is a BVR missile. When someone makes a high speed approach at you unobserved, & volley-fires AIM-9X & AIM-120D at you with no missile warning, you're done.

...um... ok.

Good question. Never heard any discussion on that but that doesn't mean they're not. Anyone else know...?

@@FighterPilotPodcast Either way, thank you for the reply. Keep doing these fantastic podcasts with such a great content.👍

FloppyHares the 4.5 Gen is kind of nebulous, but quite possibly!

Eventually, if we can find suitable guests.