[Charles Martel]

And just for a little flourish afterward she dead-sticked it in.

I don't recall her landing dead-stick, but I do remember her having to fly back to her base using the manual backup controls. The damage to her aircraft crippled all hydraulic power.

Hmm - does the F-35 have manual control systems as an extra layer of redundancy?

[Hulka]

“Hmm - does the F-35 have manual control systems as an extra layer of redundancy? “

In a word, “no.”