Can't wait! This will be the first stealthy fighter I have ever seen in person and they will be flying over my head on a daily basis!!!

No. The contract to develop the F-35 was signed in 2001. So we are 11 years in. If you compare the Eurofighter, it was designed in the early 1980s, and only entered service in the mid 2000s, with full air to ground capability only recently acheived. The Russian Su-27 was designed in the mid 70s, and only reached full capability in the mid 90s. Modern fighters are incredibly complex pieces of equipment.

What are you talking about? I never mentioned the A-10.

Anyone know the music in this video?

@monster29456 They have made almost 1000 test flights. You don't think they have done any of that stuff? They have, it just hasn't been released to the public.

Awesome!

A-10 + F-35 = BEST CLOSE AIR SUPPORT TEAM!

That's one hell of a plane!

And it's still pretty early in its development to jump to conclusions of it being inadequate or problematic.

F-35 seems to be a more practical and also a lot more inexpensive air fighter jet than F-22. What do you guys think?

The project has had its problems, but don't forget, this aircraft is essentially replacing the F-16, F-18, A-10, Harrier and to some extent taking on missions from the F-15. If you compare the development costs of all these aircraft, the F-35 isn't doing quite as badly as its detractors would have us believe.

The first half of this video was intense.

Lockheed over here in Fort Worth has been on strike again for a while now.

The F-22 isn't advertised as much. The F-35 is due to many countries demanding it

Because its a secret. Its not like a new video game or something where you tell everybody about it. Unforntunately we won't know very much about it for provably 5 more years. :(

That's exactly what the F-35 is meant to be, and will be when it enters service.

Shouldn't this stuff been tested like 5 years ago???

I don't think he said anything wrong - "lucky bastard!" is just a hearty way of showing envy, lending to the notion that the subject / pilot has made it successful. It's like slapping a guy on the back after a successful flight, etc - you're not trying to hurt him, you're showing admiration. However, if you don't see the correlation, it's likely just a social difference. As an Australian, if I was the "lucky bastard" I wouldn't take a single shred of offence.

Oh ok cool. Great, then. Might want to work on how you display admiration then...

By the way this is inspirational :3

Awesome bird I just hope it doesn't have the same oxygen delivery system as the f-22

Well it really shouldn't come as no surprise to the manufactures of these aircraft that they are complex and hard to do. The F-35 is one big delay of their own schedule and with the billions upon billions mounting up in cost overruns we really have to start asking ourselves if they're incapable or unwilling to get the job done in a timely and cost effective manner or is this merely an exercise in maximizing profit.

Whoops I replied to the wrong comment!

Anyone moderately intelligent and not lazy. But I'll leave it to you to decide why you're jealous and not doing what he's doing. For myself, I don't make excuses.

Just get on with it Lockheed. When you're that far behind schedule it's really not the time to marvel single tests but you should be facing an accelerated test program where multiple test should be combined. Come on, how many billions are you going to milk us for before you're going to finish this thing. It's like having Puerto Rican gardener at 100,000 dollars an hours... come on already

OK I GET IT. THE F35 IS CAPABLE OF GETTING OFF THE GROUND THATS WHAT A PLANE IS SUPPOSED TO DO. SO LET ME SEE SOME MANEUVERS AND SEE HOW USEFUL IT REALLY IS. SO FAR ALL I SEE IS A PLANE THAT CAN FLY,TURN AND HOVER THATS IT!

No luck, all hard work. That's why you aren't. ;)

Because its a secret. Its not like a new video game or something where you tell everybody about it. Unforntunately we won't know very much about it for provably 5 more years. :(