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F-35A Achieves 20-To-One Kill Ratio At Red Flag, General Says

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, February 17th, 2017

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F-35A Achieves 20-To-One Kill Ratio At Red Flag, General Says

Raytheon AMRAAM air-to-air missile being fired from F-35 fighter in test in Oct. 2014. (Photo: Air Force.)

The F-35A next-generation fighter scored a kill ratio of 20 times its losses in the recently completed Red Flag combat training exercise in Nevada, an Air Force general said on Thursday.Reports that the kill ratio of the F-35As was 15-to-one “is actually a little bit off the mark,” Lt. Gen. Jerry Harris, deputy chief of staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements at Air Force Headquarters, told a House Armed Services Committee panel. The kill ratio was 20-to-one, he said.“The airplane…

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