Finally, any Aviation geek enters the chat. Yes. Agree 100%. The F-35 is just a lot of compromises, but it does a lot of things incredibly well... assuming that the F-35 feels like getting out of bed that day. It's Mission Readiness Factor is it Achilles heel. You see what's happening in ukraine. The Russians blowing up tank repair facilities and ammunition storage warehouses. They could easily disrupt America's ability to maintain these fighters on the front line very, very easily