From a trucky who wouldn't know an AMRAAM from an armchair; someone pointed me in the direction of this piece. His comments re the F-35 seem interesting.
How To Win In A Dogfight: Stories From A Pilot Who Flew F-16s And MiGs
Will the F-35's sensor fusion and low observability (stealth) allow it to overcome its lackluster maneuverability and kinetic performance against future enemies?
I can't answer this one. I can ask, "Why did they make it such a pig?"
If you had to fly any fighter into an air combat arena today, including an operational F-35A as an option, what would it be?
The F-22. It's a better jet than the F-35. It can carry at least as much, further and faster. If it was up to me I'd cancel the F-35 and start building more Raptors. A common counter to that is the cost to restart the F-22 assembly line. How much does one pig cost? Another is that the F-35 program is too far along. Yep, let's just keep paying for a poorly-managed, overly expensive fighter . .
Wiki says there isn't a carrier version of the F-22 and there's also an export ban.