F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

[Lonewolf_50]

Originally Posted by ORAC

The name being bestowed by the British, Lonewolf. Which, being followed by the EE Lightning, should mean it being called the Lightning III, if courtesy prevailed.....

Lockheed P-38 Lightning - Heavy Fighter / Fighter-Bomber - History, Specs and Pictures - Military Aircraft

As it was made in America, I suggest to you that, like the Thunderbolt II (aka the A-10) since Thunderbolt was the P-47 .... naming the F-35 the Lightning II makes perfect sense.

The Lightning you refer to, the jet, was named the Lightning.
By your just now argued naming convention, it ought to have been named the Lightning II.
But it wasn't.

Go wave your finger at someone else.