Dude there was an article (on this site I think) about this, the F-35 has the hottest engine on the…
Mohsin E.
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No, it doesn’t as much as the Raptor.
But it won’t ever be fighting Raptors.
The question is; is does it have a lower IR signature than it’s rivals.
The mk1 human eyeball suggests that it will…. I mean, just look at nozzle visibility!
https://basicsaboutaerodynamicsandavionics.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/visual.jpg
The only article on WiB I can see mentioning it is this:
No, the F-35 Can’t Fight at Long Range, Either
Stealth fighter can’t see, shoot or survivewarisboring.com
Stealth fighter can’t see, shoot or survivewarisboring.com
Which offers no actual data & is just conjecture.