There's a good comment following that link ORAC put up:-
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Earl Tower •
3 hours ago
I think the US Navy always felt the C model of the F-35 was a pig in a poke. The B model at last has the idea of it might have some operational use due to its VSTOL capacities, and the USAF can always just use the A model as an over sensored F-16. In the end the A is usable, since the Air Force tends to integrate several air craft types into any air campaign, and the B can see use for sea control ship style functions. The C model just doesn't have enough over the advanced F-18 superhornets to really matter in the long run.
The US Navy has seldom gone for deep strike missions for application of naval aviation. Instead they tend to just batter the defenses down and peel the target back layer by layer till there is no opposition. Besides for deep strike the Navy can always turn to land attack cruise missiles. By the time the Navy is doing land strikes, they have destroyed air defenses and gained air superiority. So that stealth for the F-35 is just a waste of money."