Anyway, setting cryptic diatribes to one side for a moment - and regardless of the few problems which the Program is nugging its way through - the current 3i block capability would bring a hell of a lot to any Joint Commander's AOR in my opinion.
So yeah, it will likely happen, and why not? If it succeeds on a par with the Pentagon's confidence, the silence from F-35's detractors will be deafening.