The previous month saw the U.S Air Force Chief admitting that the F-35 fighter aircraft failed to take F-16’s place as planned. Now, following the chief’s statement, the U.S air force has announced developing a new multi-use fighter jet to replace its old F-16 fleet while also detailing that the new aircraft development program would be kept low-cost compared to the F-35 program.
The defense analysts were pretty shocked to hear the chief’s statement, as the F-35 was designed and developed with the core purpose of replacing the aging fleet of F-16. The F-35 was intended to increase the U.S air force by playing its role as modern fifth-generation fighter aircraft. In contrast, the chief’s recent statement says of developing a new fifth-generation-minus fighter aircraft...MORE
