By Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest: “Even as the fourth generation perfected jet-fighter design, the American manufacturers began producing aircraft that minimized radar cross-section, making them extremely difficult to detect on radar. The first two operational stealth planes, the F-117 Nighthawk and B-2 Spirit, were bombers designed to infiltrate enemy air defenses, which depended on radar-directed fighters and radar-guided missiles.”
The F-35 Can Now Fight a Ground War
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest: “The United States Air Force is adding the ability to attack moving targets to its new Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter with the addition of the 500lbs Raytheon GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II laser-guided bomb.