Is the F-35 a "good deal" as a jobs and skills investment for any country other than the US? e.g. compared to the Eurofighter?
If you believe the line put out by BAE Systems, as the only Tier 1 partner the UK is responsible for 15% of the JSF. From a UK perspective the USD1.5 trillion programme is expected to be worth about £30 billion to the national gross domestic product from 2009-36, and will account for over 24,500 UK jobs across a significant proportion of the country's aerospace industrial base.