The Wright Brothers achieved flight in 1908 and ever since the military has sought to bring death from above.
The Nuiport 23, Sopwith Camel, and Fokker triplane ruled the air over the trenches of the Western Front.
In World II the Messerschmitt Bf and dominated the early going, but the Supermarine Spitfire XVI and the P-47 Thunderbolt broke the Nazis stranglehold of the sky, while the P-47 Thunderbolt gained superiority after the Battle of Midway.
Jets superseded the prop fighters with the USSR and USA seeking an edge in deadly efficiency.
Mig versus Sabre.
F-16 versus Mig 29.
Each was capable of mayhem.
The Pentagon sought a fighter to serve all the services for the next fifty years and promoted the f-35 as the greatest fighter of all time.
$100 billion has been spent on the project.
Two years of free university for every student in the system, but America’s real business is war and the Pentagon can’t see a future with the F-35
Only one problem.
According to www.scientificamerican.com the F-35 can’t beat the F-16.
Its Sleath system isn’t 100% and the Dream fight can’t compete with its main rival, the Russia’s Sukhoi Su-35S.
But failure has never stop the Pentagon.
The finall bil will be in the trillions.
War.
Eternal.
Endless.
Forever.