F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

[glad rag]

Originally Posted by KPax

F-35 Unscathed by Hostile Fire in Green Flag, says Aviation Week.
Not a single F-35 was “shot down” during the joint-force Green Flag exercises testing the jet and its pilots’ prowess operating it in a contested air-support role in the Western U.S. this month, according to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Cameron Dadgar, head of the exercise and leader of the 549th Combat Training Sqdn. at Nellis AFB, Nevada. This is notable because A-10s and F-16s were defeated in the same conditions, operating in an environment with hostile aircraft, just another rumour to mull over.

Have another one.

According to Russia's Western Military District spokesman, Col. Oleg Kochetkov, the district will receive an unspecified number of advanced S-400 Triumf and Pantsir-S air defense systems by the end of 2015.

Read more: Russia to Deploy S-400 Air Defense Systems Near Western Borders by End 2015 / Sputnik International

USMC IOC mid 2015?

Well what’s the betting ^they^ go nowhere near any kind of "threat"?

Cue "those in the know" that operating the USMC F35B in such an environment is outwith the initial IOC parameters as [insert BS line here] and unrepresentative bla,bla...