What About the As and Cs
If it is a fact that the USMC is having problems getting a squadron of aircraft together out of all the Bs that it has, that is of course a concern about program management, that has been discussed a lot on here.
Last year an A had an engine malfunction that caused the embarrassing non appearance, as I understand it there are more F35As than there are F35Bs and indeed they are simpler aircraft, obvious reasons. Did it not enter the thought processes of either LM or the USAF that sending one or more of their F35As across the pond might not be a bad idea, to make up for last year's non appearance of the B?