The ABC report excerpt in your youtube link is well known. Word is the night of its airing on national TV the boys at Amberly laughed so hard some were hospitalised. The source of the misinformation came from a well known group headed by 2 non-fighter pilots. These blokes have an agenda to belittle the F-35. Long story but they have no access to classified info and rely on wikipedia for data. How they can say the F-35 was smoked by a 4th generation plane like the Su-35 is ridiculous considering the F-35 won't be completed until 2018 and neither planes have ever met in combat. Btw comparing 1 vs 1 is flawed as the presence of our Wedgetails (AEW&C) and Tankers give Aust fighters a distinct advantage. We will never buy Russian or Chinese fighters as the ADF is set up to leech from the US supply chain. We don't spend enough on defence and will completely rely on the US for platforms, weapons, parts etc if the proverbial ever hits the fan.
GZ,
The F-22 was never offered to Israel. Israel wants the F-35. They are aware the F-22 is a maintence nightmare. Plus it likes to suffocate pilots.
