This is very edifying bc the last time i was in a screaming match about the us being a paper tiger armed with wunderwaffen i cam to the conclusion that the massive, massive logistical costs of the F-35 would probably result in entropy defeating the entire fleet even if it was used in a pitched war against an enemy with no air defense. The things have a small payload so they'd need twice as many sorties as older, better planes. So they're in the air twice as long, which means they need massive amounts of maintenance on ship or on base, and if anything seriously goes wrong they can't be repaired in the field, if parts exist to repair them at all.