Our pilots will be in the F-35s in 2016, in the fighter. They are following the program very closely.
I asked my people there, our pilots, “Are we doing the right thing? What do you feel about the F-35s? Do you miss the F-16s when you are cooperating with Lockheed Martin and all the partners in Texas?” The answer from my pilots is that this is the best air fighter they ever have seen. All the test results so far are even better than they thought three years ago, when Norway down-selected the F-35s.
Maybe other persons will say something else, but the pilots from Norway are very clear: this is the best thing that could happen to the Norwegian air force in the future.