Let's see if I have this right: the aircraft is a year from completing the development phase; initial OT&E won't even start for another year; and yet the USAF and USMC have declared IOC and the aircraft is deployed operationally.
This present 5th Gen asset, is here, now, in operation, with 1,000’s of hours behind it.
It is the leading 5th gen asset on the planet... and we still have p*ssers and mo*ners who bask in their orgy of criticism.
Delighted to be on this side of the F-35 fence.