Comparison between F-35 and F-16 fighter aircrafts and their dogfight capability.

Comparison between F-35 and F-16 fighter aircrafts and their dogfight capability.


There was much discussion over the F-35 vs F-16 dogfight on my western fellow pages.

 Especially because a report came out in 2015 detailing how the F-16 outmatched the F-35 in a dogfight. But there are key factors that need to be put on the table before forming an accurate opinion on the F-35s ability to hold its own.

First, the technology, engine and pilots were brand new at the time. Since the report of the poor results came out, much has changed about the flight operation of the F-35.
 U.S. Air Force generals have said publicly that the pilots flying F-35s currently are trained to fly legacy aircraft. Essentially, the new plane doesn’t react like most of the other U.S. fighters. The next generation of pilots will be the ones to determine to capabilities of the Lightning II.

Secondly, the F-35 isn’t meant to fight wars like the F-16. The F-16 is designed with a battle, a real dogfight, in mind. The F-35, with its fused sensors and tactical stealth capabilities, intends to seek, locate and strike its opponents long before the enemy ever even sees the F-35. U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Hostage said, “The F-35 pilot who engages in a dogfight has either made a mistake or been very unlucky.”

Technically speaking, the F-35 has a lower thrust to weight ratio – 1.07 vs 1.11 of the F-16 – an important statistic in dogfights.

Additionally, its close range weaponry is underwhelming compared to the Fighting Falcon. However, the U.S. Air Force believes that the age of the dogfight is over. Battles will be fought with the long-range, advanced technology inside of the F-35 Lightning II, not the close-range weaponry of the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Speed:
The Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 engine gives the Lightning II a maximum speed of roughly 1,200 miles per hour.

The speed of F-16 is 1,500 miles per hour – roughly 300 miles per hour faster than the F-35.

Range:
F-35 have range of more than 1,350 miles with internal fuel (1,200+ nautical miles),
F-16 have ferry range of 2002 miles.

Both have celling of Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers).

F-35 have unit cost of 91 Million Dollar
F-16 have unit price of 20-32 million dollar.

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Confirmed Submarine kills against ships during WWI.

Conformed Submarines kills during WWI.

1914, September 5
HMS Pathfinder is sunk at the start of World War I by U-21, becoming the first ship to ever be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo fired by submarine.

1914, September 22
 German submarine U-9 sinks three unescorted British armoured cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy in approximately one hour.

1914, October 18
German submarine U-27 sinks HMS E3 in the first ever successful attack on one submarine by another.

1914, October 20
German submarine U-17 sinks SS Glitra in the first submarine sinking of a merchant ship during the world wars.

1915, May 7
German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania killing 1,198 and leaving 761 survivors. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the U.S. entry into World War I.

1915, May 25/27
 In the morning of May 27 German submarine U-21 sinks the British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Majestic off the Gallipoli peninsula. Two days after the same U-boat sunk the pre-dreadnought HMS Triumph near Gaba Nepe.

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