Frank Kendall, the Air Force Secretary, hit back on Elon Musk's comments slamming the F-35.
While Kendall said he respects the billionaire, he said Musk is "not a warfighter."
Musk has trashed the F-35 as obsolete compared to drones, but Kendall said that reality is decades away.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Elon Musk should learn more about air combat tech before publicly slamming crewed fighter jets as obsolete.
"I have a lot of respect for Elon Musk as an […]
The Air Force Secretary said Elon Musk 'needs to learn a little bit more about the business …
Air Force secretary: Elon Musk 'not a warfighter,' needs to learn more – Defense News
Outgoing Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Thursday downplayed Elon Musk’s recent pronouncements that crewed fighters are obsolete in the era of drones, and suggested the billionaire industrialist learn more about the military.
“I have a lot of respect for Elon Musk as an engineer,” Kendall said during a webcast with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “He’s not a warfighter, and he needs to learn a little bit more about the business, I think, before he makes such grand […]
Air Force secretary: Elon Musk 'not a warfighter,' needs to learn more – Defense News