The fact it flies and looks sorta cool and even has avionics doesn’t justify it.
The F-35 as deployed is the textbook definition of a camel: a mouse built to government specifications.
They (the bureaucratic) left F-35 price/performance so far back that both are wondering if they were assaulted or just groped...
Hmmm...my son just finished US Army Ranger School at Elgin...wonder if he spotted any of those as he was slogging through the swamps?
Saw them flying around while at Seaside for Spring Break. Pretty neat!