【軍事】旧世代(第4世代)機と「不公平な戦い」を展開できるF-35A、来週にも初期作戦能力を獲得か

The Air Force is close to declaring the controversial F-35 ready for combat
By Christian Davenport CheckpointJuly 28
In this 2009 photo, an F-35 Lightning II flies overhead for the first time at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Senior Airman Julianne Showalter/U.S. Air Force via AP)
The Air Force is close to certifying that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is ready for combat, a declaration that would become one of the most significant milestones in the long and tortuous history
of the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program ever.