The sustained turn rates of the three variants was reduced to 4.6 g for the F-35A, 4.5 g for the F-35B, and 5.0 g for the F-35C.
The acceleration performance of all three variants was also downgraded, with the F-35C taking 43 seconds longer than an F-16 to accelerate from Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2.
This was judged by several fighter pilots to be a lower performance level than expected from a fourth generation fighter
43 seconds longer than an F-16 for heavens sake - I hope the stealth works otherwise those guys are going to be sitting ducks