Here's Why The F-35s in Japan Still Losing Dogfights To F-15s Sometimes

Here's Why The F-35s in Japan Still Losing Dogfights To F-15s Sometimes

The most expensive weapons system in history, the US's F-35 Lightning II, is still sometimes losing to the 1970s F-15 in dogfights during training scenarios in Japan.

US Air Force F-15 pilot Capt. Brock McGehee, when asked by Defense News if the F-35s at Kadena Air Force base in Japan still sometimes lost to the Cold W4r-era fighters, said "I mean, sometimes."


The F-35 has long been plagued by reports of that it can't dogfight as well as older, much cheaper jets, despite being in development for nearly two decades and claiming to revolutionize air c0mbat.