[TokarevM57]

.....jus’ askin’...but has any variant of this aircraft ever lived up to its expectations....? last I read, there were still numbers of unresolved “issues” with this aircraft....

[pierrem15]

There are always unresolved issues with new major arms systems.

I'm old enough to recall when the WaPo suggested the M1, Bradley, and F16 were junk. They all had a number of teething problems.

One of the biggest issues I thought about was the lack of suitable munitions for stowage inside the stealth body. That is being remedied with multiple smaller and self guiding bombs I believe.