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Calls it the finest aircraft they have ever built. just imagine what it's like to be at the controls. fox's jon scott didn't have to. he found out with a rare opportunity to fly an f-35 simulator and he takes us along for the ride. >> afghanistan, iraq, syria, the middle east in crisis, flashpoints around the globe. the u.s. military at war for almost 16 years. now a state of the art warplane could help u.s. forces decisively win these and future conflicts. the f-35 stealth fighter. >> we've got over 70,000 flight hours on the f-35 a model right now. we've even got f-35s deployed today in the ...

Calls it the finest aircraft they have ever built. just imagine what it's like to be at the controls. fox's jon scott didn't have to. he found out with a rare opportunity to fly an f-35 simulator and he takes us along for the ride. >> afghanistan, iraq, syria, the middle east in crisis, flashpoints around the globe. the u.s. military at war for almost 16 years. now a state of the art warplane could help u.s. forces decisively win these and future conflicts. the f-35 stealth fighter. >> we've got over 70,000 flight hours on the f-35 a model right now. we've even got f-35s deployed today in the ...

Us. tell us about the new jet and the new mission. >> reporter: a lot of nato allies are very concerned about russian posturing in eastern europe, especially russian bombers flying close to nato air space. the u.s. took the f-35s and sent them on a training mission to the very air base that nato uses to intercept those russian bombers. we went along for the flight. here's what we saw. >> reporter: america's newest weapon, the f-35 in the skies over eastern europe right where confrontations with russia frequently happen. cnn was given exclusive access to the u.s. stealth combat jet's first ever...

And there's reports of gay men being rounded up and killed. political figures in chechnya. the chechen government, pushing pack on claims of an anti-gay purge saying it's impossible because chechnya has no gays. the u.s. air force sending its newest fighter jets right to russia's doorstep. a u.s. official tells cnn, the move is part of a program set up by russia annexed crimea from ukraine in to 14. the fighters are to fly to estonia. the f-35s are set to deploy to romania, another nato member. estonia and romania are wary of russian aggression, following the annexation of crimea. let's ge...

>> trish: stealth fighter jets are now in europe, they are taking part in nato exercises. we've got to ask, is this aimed at deterring russian aggression on the constant? i want to go to julianne turner. welcome. what is this about? >> it sounds alarming, but really what it is is the presence of the f-35s is the extension of a program that's been going on since 2014. starting the obama administration called the european union european union reassurance initiative aimed at beefing up our allies, providing support to the nato alliance in the wake of russia's illegal invasion and occupation of cr...