Surely inadvertent IMC is something a F35 pilot could handle, even if he/she went Nordo and no transponder? Wouldn't you just climb on heading above the cloud base and sort it out. They'd still be on radar just no mode Charlie for the controller?

It's not like they never climb/descend through layers after a sortie, hardly a day VMC pilot only. Something seems off with the whole thing.

Surely inadvertent IMC is something a F35 pilot could handle, even if he/she went Nordo and no transponder? Wouldn't you just climb on heading above the cloud base and sort it out. They'd still be on radar just no mode Charlie for the controller?

It's not like they never climb/descend through layers after a sortie, hardly a day VMC pilot only. Something seems off with the whole thing.