If it was not for HN policy to have meaningful comments I would have just answered "LOL ?".<p>I'm certainly not an aviation enthusiast (I don't go out of my way to read articles about it) but each time I hear about the F35 it's about its non combat readiness or its costs overruns or just how late it is and it will never amount to anything really usable.<p>So I'd take this announcement with a (massive) grain of salt. It looks more of a PR move to save face than anything else.<p>Now the only way to convince me otherwise is to effectively put the planes in real combat.