F-35A Combat Radius May Not Meet Minimum Requirement

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Time to train shorter and lighter pilots.

The F-35 is the latest weapon in the war against obesity!

The F-14A Tomcat listed an operation range of 1167 km, the F-14D Super Tomcat 920 km.

The F/A-18 E/F lists an operation range of 720 km to 1065 km (interceptor role).

And the F-35 just around 600 km?

As long as carriers and their escorts as well as tankers are not stealthed, I think for naval warfare I do not like this shortening of legs.