F-35. Modify file
"Russian newspaper" presents a translation of a fragment of a message from David Ax:
According to experts, full-fledged F-35 (with all previously declared functions) will be released in the series no earlier than 2019.
It is noteworthy that at about the same time as the Pentagon’s decision to start purchasing “trimmed” versions of the F-35 for the US Air Force, the Israel Defense Ministry published information about the decision to upgrade the American F-35 on its own. So, on the Israeli portal Globes A material has appeared which says that Israel has plans to increase the range of the F-35 by about half, for which special fuel tanks will be used. These tanks, according to the Israeli portal, will not reduce the streamlined body and will be integrated with the fuselage.
Israel has previously purchased the F-19 35 aircraft from the US, and also signed a contract to purchase another 14 fighter aircraft of the new generation. In this case, the pilots of Israel to the F-35 have a lot of complaints.
Considering that the USA is selling abroad obviously “raw” fighters, which these countries themselves have to bring to mind, the “bearded” anecdote about the need to “modify the file” seems relevant ...
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