How Does The F-35s Distributed Aperture System Improve Pilot Situational Awareness?

The F-35 Lightning II is here to stay. As mentioned in previous articles on this fifth-generation fighter, despite all the controversies surrounding the technical foibles and expensive cost overruns that afflict US-owned F-35s, the aircraft continues to attract foreign military sales (FMS). The Israeli Air Force has used the warbird in combat with satisfactory results, and, as some Royal Australian Force (RAAF) officers recently told me: “We love them!”