MSOCS, do you seriously want to get your credibility down to a1bill level?
"The program" did not "wisely" curtail the 2014 trip. They were hot to trot until the last moment...
F-35s Will Not Fly At Air Tattoo; Farnborough Appearance In Jeopardy | Defense content from Aviation Week
...until Navair put the brakes on.
RPT-UPDATE 2-U.S. Navy maintains grounding order for F-35 fighter jets | Reuters
These facts are all public record. Why do you (with all your supposed clearances and stuff) think you can get away with a different narrative?
LynehamLad - OK story, but the headline should have "says program manager" after it, since not one of the hereinbeforementioned "customers" is actually quoted in it.