F-35: What The Pilots Say
&gt; to penetrate sophisticated enemy air defenses and find and disable threats—requires what the fifth-generation jet offers: stealth and a stunning array of passive and active sensors<p>&gt; U.S. forces first took these capabilities into combat last September, when Marine F-35Bs struck the Taliban in Afghanistan<p>against disorganized rebel forces less well armed than the average suburban American, with no air force and no surface to air missiles. and the U.S. still can&#x27;t win that war.