“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.
Combat ready and operational are not the same. The F-35 software did not work in that exercise just like now, and shows no signs of being finished, let alone tested, any time soon. It is not early on for the F-35 software, or overdue, but past due.
Pentagon Tester: F-35 Still Has Serious Problems
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3463017/posts?page=36