Why all the fuss about the F35? Last I heard the aircraft was a dog, unable even to outrun a 50 year old SAM7 and with all the dogfighting capacity of a Sopwith Pup. Even the yanks accept that the procurement process was deeply flawed and possibly illegal, and the resulting aircraft has nowhere near met initial specifications. The biggest problem with an aircraft of this complexity is integrating the systems into a coherent fighting machine and that’s something they have signally failed to do. UK would be better off buying the PAK 50 — cheaper by far, and it actually works.