Since you were making an as hominem attack on the gentleman in question - plus making a preemptive attempt to stop discussion of this year's paper I consider d it need to be said.
It obviously got under your skin - must contain some seriously adverse comment on the program. Obviously worth everyone reading and discussing.
......The Defense Department’s F-35 program office “has no plan to adequately fix and verify hundreds of these deficiencies using flight testing within its currently planned schedule and resources,” Gilmore wrote. Deploying F-35s “with capable mission systems is critical to our national security,” but the program now “is at high risk of sacrificing essential combat performance,” he added..........