Being an adherent to the saying that a wise man acknowledges his mistakes and a fool defends his; I was probably a little harsh on my assessment of the F-35. But those opinions were formed through my exposure to things going on at Nellis. Did I bite off on chaff? I will stand by my comment that the three variants and…

38 graduated (successfully completed Undergraduate Pilot Training and got their USAF pilot wings) while the remaining 34 were eliminated and went on to do other things. Other things included getting out of the Air Force or going to another Air Force career field, such as navigator training or Intelligence officer…

I've got 900 hrs in the F-15 single-seater and over 2000 hrs in the F-16. All active-duty F-16 squadrons fly GE-powered Vipers (Blocks 40 and 50 - some Guard/Reserve units fly GE-powered Block 30s). Give me a GE-powered Viper in a dogfight against an F-15C any day of the week. Horizontal or vertical, the Viper owns…

With over 900 hours in the single-seat F-15 and well over 2000 hours in the F-16, give me the F-16 in a dogfight any day. Vertical? Horizontal? It doesn't matter. The combat squadron GE-powered Viper has it all over the F-15C. No brag, just fact.