Pentagon say F35 fighter jet lost against F16 because it had no stealth paint - Daily Mail
Pentagon say reason most expensive fighter jet ever the F35 lost a dogfight with an F16 from 40 years ago was because it did not have a special coat of stealth paint The F-35 stealth jet has already cost the military more than $350billion But in... A mock air battle was held over the Pacific Ocean between the cutting-edge F-35 - meant to be the most sophisticated jet ever - and an F-16, which was designed in the 1970s. But according to the test pilot, the F-35 is still too slow to hit an... Now its producers have hit back - saying the aircraft used in the test was not equipped to the same standard of its front-line aircraft - and did not have its 'stealth coating'. Both the F-35 pilot and the F-16 pilot were attempting to ‘shoot down’ the other. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
