How much verifiable time have you logged in any F-35 variant/simulator?
Your question is a Non sequitur.
The problem with the F-35 isn't its conceptual design. It is all the added baggage the politicians affixed to it. In their desire to make it work for all circumstances, it works for very few.
Other than H2H (we may never know that), the F-16 can fulfill all the mission requirements the Flying Anvil F-35 at 1/4 the price. The Navy (rightly) is hesitating on the F-35 since the F-18 (the next best MRF) can also fulfill the missions parameters
It saddens me b/c I loved the idea of the F-35. A homogeneous next-generation MRF platform with interchangeable parts made a lot of sense. Then the ballast-attachers got involved and killed it.
The F-15, F-16 and F-18 will continue to rule the skies (another sadness: F-22) for at least another generation.