I live 2 miles from where they're built and the guys who make them say the pilots love them.F-35 is a lame duck, and, as we see, they don't even have a plan to correct it.
The Pentagon will have to live with limits on F-35’s supersonic flights
The Navy's and Marine Corps' versions of the F-35 will have restrictions on how long they can fly at supersonic speeds because of a risk of damage to the tail section.www.defensenews.com