Out of curiosity how often do you drivers take F 16's and similar to the limit?
A model has a built in gun so maybe a need for aggressive manoeuvring?
B has greater basic mass with similar structure to A (except big hole forward of CofG)
C has big wing and beefed up structure for carrier ops
It could be argued that the superior stealth characteristics of F35 preclude any need for high g tolerance as the opposition will never see it; I think F117 was limited to +6g-3g? Only one was shot down by defenders using unexpected tactics to locate the ac