F-35

Are the USMC/RAF/RN going to use the F-35B so the aircraft can land (and take off vertically) – in the battlespace – on unprepared/rough airstrips?

And why aren’t the USN using the F-35B? Is it simply range? And if so, don’t CATOBAR aircraft have to caryy massive fuel reserves anyway – in case of ‘go rounds’ and aborted landings?

And also why not just use the F-35C instead of the F-35A in the USAF, for example does it matter if a carrier based aircraft operates from land (like the European/Aussie/Canadian etc etc Hornets, for example – Why was the F-18L not used?)

Jay
UK