In article .com,
Eunometic wrote:


The F-35C will have good export prospects. One rumor has it that the
USAF purposely limited F-35 wing area so that only the F-22 had the
low wing loading to be a top class dog fighter so that program would
not be jeopardized in favor of an F-35.

Having worked with both Lockheed Burbank and Lockheed Fort Worth
I express extreme skepticism at this rumor.

From the day it was selected up until very, very recently USAF has
stated that the F-22 was not and would not be available for export for
security reasons.

Knowing that, why would LMAC shoot themselves in the foot?

Besides, dogfighting is not the envelope in which the F-22 is designed to fight.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur