F-35s will not be combat ready for at least 2 more years maybe more due to overly complex software issues. By that time, this plane which still cannot even score a kill on an F-15 will be over-matched by offerings from Russia and China. In short, it is rapidly becoming obsolescent, while other US war-fighting equipment lags due to funds diverted to making this dog-which-cannot-hunt hunt.
“F-35s will not be combat ready for at least 2 more years”
That is odd. The Air Force already declared them operational ready. And it has no problem with F-15s. Except that one exercise where they set up the ROE such that the F-15 was suppose to win.
The F-22 also had software issues early on. And the F-35 has a bazillion more lines of code than the F-22. No big shock that there will be a few updates.
To me, the F-35 is the F-111 for the 21st Century.
It remains to be seen if it can overcome its growing pains and become worth it.
Personally, I do not ascribe to the kitchen-sink design philosophy.
Better tell the USAF that. They just declared the first squadron operational and there’s another right behind it.
Your info is old news.