F35 was ahead of its time , and there was no need for this plane
USA already had a technical Advantage of over 35 years on most nations a advantage of almost 10 years on Russia and 13 on China
that is more then sufficient
With F18 hornets + Silent Eagle + F16 USA operates the best Air-force on planet , not to mention F22 Raptors
F35 was nothing more then "Job Protection" and a political Move ...
With no threat for next 35 years ... did USA need this Multi Trillion Dollar project ? No
Who would attack USA ? in next 35-50 years even ?
Its really a moral question too that USA has no fund for schools and programs for kids but it has Trillions for F35 which is a failed project
USA is better off with
F18
F16
F15
F22
Its more then enough to fight 10 wars
F35 would have been enough to have may be 1 squadron on special operations
- But congress is run by lobbyist and there is BIG money to be made -
They say if something is not broken do not try to reinvent the wheel , and that is what USA has done waste Trillions into Project that has no major benefit - the planes would eventually become biggest burden to its airforce
It would really suck that some Genius Chinese Kid invents a SAM code to detect these Trillion dollar planes ... how would people react to such expensive toy then