I haven't heard much about the F-35 recently. What's

>>34165736
It was technically approved for combat 2 years ago by the Marines and last year by the Air Force. There's already a standard squadron of Bs deployed in Japan.

They "work". They can dogfight, they can drop bombs. They can do stuff. But they're like new recruits; they still can't do everything. There's still a way to go before they go from functional to excellent. They can't bomb moving targets because the computer is still running on outdated software. They can't fly around dawn and dusk because the flight helmet can't carry both night vision and daytime visors without being too heavy. They can't combat enemy planes solo. They still have some growing to do.