The F-35 Lightning II | Behind the Wings on PBS 

It’s so cool that we have women fighter pilots now; some who are now retired. Apparently women actually have better G tolerance than men do.

We should make the whole jet fighter force female.

The f16 is a better all round fighter in most applications! 😊

The most fun and transcendent flying machine is the F-16. If I wanted to feel like I could actually fly and move however I want, the F-16 does that. Another youtuber who flied both the F-15 and F-16 loves the F-16 much more. The bubble canopy and relaxed position and the responsive fly-by-wire side stick makes you forget the the rest of the plane is there. Now if I had to fly into a warzone on a mission, I'd want the F-35, with all the support.

@@keirfarnum6811 true but a little misleading. It's due to the average size and height of a women is smaller than a man so blood doesn't have to be pumped as far under stress hence having an average higher g-load. If a man was the same height and the same body size, it would be the same.

The F-35's edges, reduced engine signature, internal carriage of weapons, fuel and sensors all contribute to its stealth capabilities

The shape of the bottom body panels is among my favourite design on the whole jet. It reminds me of how the top of an F1 car looks like but upside down

In a very real sense, modern fighters are faster and more powerful than the flying lizards medieval people imagined

When I learned that a stealth feature is having all of the angles at the same degree these aircraft became so much cooler! You can see everything from the large wings down to small panels that are angled in the same way to achieve certain capabilities. Great engineering is beautiful art!

@@markmeripa Reminds me of a tomboy with exposed abs

Yeah I remember rooting for the 35. I mean I was young, and the X-32 was so hideous so even if it were better I would have hated it hah. Shit I'm old enough to where I remember rooting for the Raptor due to the name. I thought it looked better too back then, but now I prefer the YF-23. I'm actually sick of the Raptors looks, and how generic it is now.

I thought that show was a fever dream. I'm glad someone else has watched it

Canada ordered 88 of them and will start taking deliveries in 2026

Trudeau gave LM the contract after a close tie with the Gripen

@@Enkarashaddamlmao the F35 ain’t ever tied with the gripes, it wins every time

In WW2, the entire national economy was subordinate to the military. Commodities of daily life were rationed in order to make that possible. There's no call for that today, nor should there be.

I know it sounds dumb but the Growlers will be unnecessary. The F-35C's AN/ASQ-239 Barracuda electronic warfare system is far superior in that regard too.

​​@@RocketPropelledGuyin some cases this is true, but if I remember correctly from what limited knowledge of the growler I have, the growler has a better top speed meaning that you can get out of places easier, which is important because you light yourself up like a Christmas tree when you start jamming people. So while the f-35s electronic warfare suite is very good in some situations, it can defeat its own stealth That speed difference is Mach 1.8 for the growler and Mach 1.6 for the f35. Those are the Wikipedia specifications so it's entirely possible that both aircraft could hit higher speeds under emergency situations, but there's no way that we are going to be told that without having a security clearance

survivability is better than any other aircraft a lot of people don't know this but it has a buoy that mimics the whatever missile or aircraft is locked onto the f-35 signature and then the tow behind Bowie mimics the signature of the f-35 at the exact moment the missile or aircraft locked on to it which means the missiles incoming have no reason to believe the tow behind is not the f-35 pretty cool technology. It also jams better than any other plane in the market by far.

@@Its-Just-Zip Here's the thing. The "top speed" of almost any fighter is going to be from what it is completely clean, no weapons and often even without things we consider essential for doing the work in the modern era like targeting pods. The F-35 has it all internal, it does not have the extra drag of these things and the "top speed" is with the weight of all those in there with a full internal weapons bay. Even going mach 1 is a very rare event in a combat sortie, and not a single coalition aircraft ever even went mach 1 in a combat mission throughout the entire Gulf War. Vietnam demonstrated extremely high top speed like that was just not the useful thing USAF SAC claimed it was going to be. Having excellent thrust though, is a different matter. The Hornet, both the Legacy, Super Hornet, and Growler all suffer from lackluster thrust. An F/A-18F pilot (who also was a Fighter Weapons School graduate) having switched to the F-35 likened flying the F-35C to flying a hornet with 4 engines. It's like the fantastic thrust and 2-circle authority of an F-16 (which the F-35 also outperforms in almost everything including a rate fight if the F-16 is carrying any weapons at all) with the very high AoA authority of the Hornet. It has a better range than both, carries more fuel than both internally, has a far better safety record, has the automatic ground collision avoidance that the hornet doesn't (Most of the F-16's in US inventory do now though) and can carry more weapons than either in a permissive air defense environment. But because EW is now so important I don't know what to tell you about whether or not jamming is as compromising as you say. I really doubt we will get honest information about that from anyone that actually knows, understandably. And all of that is without getting into much more complex stuff like Sensor Fusion and the very, very impressive MADL Data-Link, those are giant leaps in capability that change everything and the character limit of a RU-vid comment isn't enough to explain how.

@@Its-Just-Zip Just remember that Mach 1.6 top speed is with a full load of weapons.

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A lot of planes do, f15 and f16 have em as well (along with others I just forgot)

You bet-but remember, we did have to keep it ‘unclassified’. If it doesn’t answer your questions, give me a shout and I’ll do what I can to hook you up with the answer or direct you to someone who can. Enjoy the show. Fight’sON!™️

​@@tracylatourrette6856you are amazing as a host

@@Jon-cw8bb2nd that. Nice work.

​@@tracylatourrette6856It was a massive let down that Tracy didn't get to fly the F35 during the film. Has it happened since filming?

The F35 is like a mini AWACs in terms of detecting targets but a full-size AWACs plane has more people which lets it act like a flying Air traffic control tower coordinating a whole formation much better than a single pilot could. Additionally the E-2 can loiter for way longer than any fighter jet providing faster communication than a ground tower and continuously coordinating the battle as F-35s go to refuel and rearm. The E-2C is also being actively replaced by the E-2D which has a new AESA radar which presumably exceeds the capabilities of the F-35s radar, or at least we guess it does all that info is classified. The D models can also have aerial refueling capability allowing it to stay in the air even longer. Of course the E-2 isn't stealthy so entering contested air space isn't safe but it has such a large range that it shouldn't need to.

@@T-Dawg123a so, if the 35s networking capabilities are "real time" with the E-2D, than the 35 can leverage information exclusive to the Hawkeye in it's narrow mission set; and that is saying something if there are several of them up there together working an opponent in a buttoned-up configuration. Then, the only other consideration is whether the super-carrier where the E-2 calls home can dodge submarines in perpetuity while the airwing works it's magic at a distance with in-flight refueling.

@@jamesbohlman4297 yeah submarines are a threat but carriers can have a attack submarine in their strike group as well as the other ships and the reserve airwing being capable of deploying ASW sensors and weapons additionally land base aircraft like the P-8 have long loiter times and specialize in anti sub warfare.

@@T-Dawg123a my understanding is that the Kilo class is a hopeless dinosaur in the presence of a Los Angeles class.

⁠​⁠@@jamesbohlman4297eh idk about hopeless dinosaur (unlike their air force Russias subs actually can pose a threat) but they certainly outclassed by the LA class

Why not both lol, got a big ass screen in it

It is incredibly quiet inside for an assembly line!

Nothing is EMP proof. It is EMP resistant like any other military hardware with shielding though

People who say this have no fucking clue how EMP or computers work.

Stop playing call of duty please

I've heard that pilots train on VR mostly so its possible to try the F-35

Wonder if it will be made of plastic again?

Because the rest is secret (shhhhhhhhhh😄🤫)

While filming for this episode, many pilots spoke about how raw speed isn't as important as it used to be, and that as the air battlefield evolves, Mach 1.6 is fast enough for many mission profiles.

Can't wait to see our Canadian Air force personnel finally get this beautiful 5th generation fighter to showcase their talents!

Raw speed wasn’t even that important as far back as the Vietnam War. I read a report that indicated that no jet, not one, ever went supersonic on an operational sortie. To me, that sounds extreme, but even if there were exceptions, it goes to show that going Mach 2.5 doesn’t mean much in the real world of combat flying. Most jets on full afterburner will run out of gas in 10-15 minutes. Going fast burns gas faster.

Air combat scenario has evolved to BVR. No more vietnam war era close gunslinger fights. Going mach speed burns fuel fast & reduce effective combat range.

@@ronjon7942 The F-4E Phantom II that managed to do the world's only supersonic gun kill: "Am I a joke to you?"

I have utilized “use” often; but my usage varies. 😆

Unless you've already used "use" in the same or in the prior sentence.

America is sexiest when she’s wearing high heels. 👠😁

Psyop paper planes don’t count

They expanding it to 6, though yea it’s gonna carry less ordinance, that’s the price you pay for being undetected

​@@Apple-om5mrIt's why I hate the F35-B. Not having to implement a STVOL system would free up more volume for weapon bays.

@@tadferd4340 Thats what the A and C are for, STOVL is a capability that the marines need for their doctrine and way of fighting, so they were willing to compromise

Loyal Wingman drones for additional ordnance carrying. Also other non-stealth planes hanging back to act as bomb trucks.

It only needs stealth using the smaller bays for SEAD missions and early strikes. Once air dominance is established, they can carry a lot more on external mounts when stealth isn't the primary mission.

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F-35 is newer and has more advanced electronics than the F-22. F-22 will dominate in a dogfight, but the F-35 is the more advanced aircraft, and the F-35 aims to win before dogfighting is necessary.

Yeah, but it still keeps your grandkids from speaking Russian.

@@SloaneLasers let's see.Billions still being spent on modifications to correct manufacturing errors.Air force has refused delivery many times due to manufacturing errors.Historically highest number of hours maintenance per hour of flying.Still not certified for combat by airforce.Enlighten me and point out how the American version f35 keeps my children from speaking Russian and it hasn't seen combat yet?

​@@SloaneLasersI suppose Spanish, Mandarin and Tagalog are less frightening.

@@TinLeadHammerYes, I'm much less afraid of the United States being invaded by the Philippines.

@@SloaneLasers Because the US annexed the Philippines some 120 years ago rather than acknowledging the Philippines' declaration of independence, and as the result of the war at least 200,000 Filipino civilians died? Sure. That will teach them.

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Things you say when you don’t know what you’re talking about

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9:07 Except when they actually do interview a guy working on it. 😂

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