A US Air Force F-35 pilot spent 50 minutes on an airborne conference call with Lockheed Martin engineers trying to solve a problem with his fighter jet before he ejected and the plane plunged to the ground in Alaska earlier this year, an accident report released this week says.
Is it that bad?
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/lockheed-claims-tailhook-fix-will-allow-f35s-to-land-on-aircraft-carriers/
Took forever to deliver
Bad design all around.
Massively over budget
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106047
Just for the F-35c, a single engine design for a carrier is dumb as fuck! I spent a lot of time dealing with these planes.