The F35 was built for enriching shareholders, the US military does not even own copyright over the aircraft.
In 2014, GAO reported that the F-35 program lacked an intellectual property strategy for repair and sustainment. The program didn’t release that strategy until July 2025, eleven years later. Because the military can’t access the technical data, parts, or diagnostic tools needed to repair their own aircraft, they’re forced to pay contractors to do it for them. The contractors set the prices, control the timeline, and profit from every breakdown.
I thought it was built for standoff missile attacks, not patrolling potentially hostile territory?
The F35 was built for enriching shareholders, the US military does not even own copyright over the aircraft.
https://pirg.org/articles/the-f-35-is-proof-we-need-right-to-repair/
It wasn’t built to do plane stuff, surely they made it fly more as a joke.