Gentlemen, I suggest paying heed to PJ2.
When the F-18 first came out, it had a variety of wonderful new features and capabilities, and a few buckets of its own
PR hype. Some criticized the 'hype' for what it was, because "no aircraft is magical."
All of the hype didn't stop Blue Angel #5 from crashing (low level, pilot ejected) in El Centro back in 1987, due IIRC to engine fuel starvation (inverted, IIRC, but memory is fuzzy). Note: I later heard that there was an issue in early Hornets with fuel pumps that seems to have caught the pilot at a bad time, an issued later fixed ...
Tell me: was that crash due to the overselling of a high performance jet by MD? Methinks not.
PJ's point on knowing your aircraft and how it flies, and training for how it actually works versus
PR noise is true for any aircraft. If the AB and or AF training programs, or industry training programs, need improvement, then of course that improvement is worth clamoring for. Kvetching about
PR noise seems pointless.