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Ultimate Fighter: Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Hardcover – January 1, 2004

by Bill Sweetman (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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Ultimate Fighter tells how a series of little-known technology programs coalesced into a 3,000-airplane plan-the F-35 joint strike fighter (JSF). As one of the first major aircraft programs to start from scratch in the era of information technology, the JSF virtually flies itself, while the pilot manages the mission with the help of very acute high-resolution sensors and displays. The F-35 is one of the biggest single military projects in history-but it was born as a compromise between the needs of three U.S. services in the budget-strapped post-Cold War era. Author Bill Sweetman chronicles the high stakes competition between two aviation giants, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, to build the Joint Strike Fighter-the next generation fighter jet.
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    January 1, 2004
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    10.5 x 0.75 x 10.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0760317925
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zenith Pr; First Edition (January 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760317925
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760317921
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.48 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.5 x 0.75 x 10.25 inches
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Ron Pilot USAF
5.0 out of 5 stars Development of the F-35 fighter
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2021
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This book provides a history of the F-35 and how it was developed, including the special paint covering the aircraft to increase its stealthiness. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the current aircraft being manufactured and put into service.
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Pete
5.0 out of 5 stars SWEETMAN does it again
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2013
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Usual excellent detail from Bill Sweetman. Having been involved in the fly off from the Navy perspective I was last little disappointed that there was not more detail of the work done at Pax River. It would be really interesting if someone would do a history of this program from the perspective of the government folks watching the fly off of both aircraft. The stories that could be told...
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John H. Hwung
3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2008
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This is more of a coffee table book. There is very little excitement when reading through the book. The book is even less exciting than the BBC documentary of the same account of Boeing and Lockheed competing for the winning design. Most of all, you don't sense the human factor, the human drama in this book. Contrast this book with the Skunk Work book by Ben Rich and you can see the difference. Again, this is just a coffee table book that you look flip once in a while and not a book like Mr. Rich's that you go back to for inspirational ideas.
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John Matlock
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Deep into Details of this new Fighter
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2005
We know how to build a stealth fighter. We know how to build a long-range agile fighter. We may even have a good way of building a fighter that can land and take off vertically. But trying to build a fighter that can do all three is very, very difficult."

But that's exactly what Lockheed Martin is building in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Perhaps trying to build is a better term. It looked like possible in 2001 when the contract was let. By 2004 the plane had gained weight and the lift wasn't quite there to take off vertically.

This is a great book. It is mostly on the details of the competitive designs being proposed by Lockheed Martin and Boeing. For five years these two companies worked on the design of the fighters they were proposing, even to building flying prototypes. Reading the book gets you deep into the design effort, the philosophies of the two companies, and the politics involved. You know more about the F-35 than you imagined possible.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good resources for how we got here in the JSF
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2014
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Good resources for how we got here in the JSF. A few editor type errors and a little dry at the beginning. A lot of acronyms that made it difficult to read on Kindle. Overall worth the read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars V/STOVL戦闘機の系譜
Reviewed in Japan on February 5, 2006
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タイトルはF-35となっていますが、JSFにいたるV/STOVL戦闘機の開発史および敗者のX-32に多くのページが割かれています。特に開発史については、1980年代後半から1990年代にかけて各紙を飾った数多くの風試模型や想像図等が、カラーで掲載されているので、この時代に興味のある方には便利な一冊です。肝心のF-35については、実機飛行前なので値段の割に情報が少ない感じは否めません。アビオニクスに関する記述がマンマシンインターフェイスやセンサーに偏っており、アーキテクチャ面での突っ込みが無いところは少々淋しい感じがします。とはいえ大判でオールカラーなので、写真集としても楽しめると思います。
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