For all of the pentagon's recent claims, the F-35 was always intended to be a complement to the F-22 in the air force.rnThe F-22 would be the high-speed, very stealthy high-end guarantor of air supremacy, while the F-35 was cast as the lower-cost backbone fighter that could hold its own in a dogfight and swing to a variety of missions, but have special strengths in ground attack.rnThe F-35's air-to-air capabilities were developed to give it an edge against the most maneuverable of foreign fighters, since it will be the primary aircraft for most allied air forces.rnThe Air Force version of the F-35 will have the ability to sustain a nine G turn-equal to that of the F-15 and the F-16.The Navy and Marine Corps models will have 7.5G turning power, and a Lockheed Martin official said those versions will shine in the "low speed" dogfight.
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