To save time, and cut down on the size of the thread, the answer to any questions on anything that has gone wrong with carrier procurement / Harrier cancellation / scrapping of SHAR / F35B or C or B etc is (in no particular order):
The current CAS
Any previous CAS
The current ACAS
Any previous ACAS
Any Air Staff
The RAF
MOD CS
It most definitely isn't the fault of anyone in Dark Blue or the Naval Staff. Particularly nothing to do with the Dark Blue who don't give a monkeys about the FAA and just want a big capital ship, reagrdless of whether there is anything to fly off it or not, and damn the rest of the fleet.