If I were an enemy of Turkey id love for them to spend billions of their own funds on the f-35.
I’m told by many that it is a poor substitute for the current class of fighters we use.
It is too small and light. The total focus on stealth is the trap that was set. Agility? Yes, incredible. But there are no longer dogfights in the world where visual contact is seldom possible when firing on a hostile aircraft. They are too far apart for that when they fire.