А я нашел источник, на который ссылается Ру-СМИ про Ф-35, через всякие там Европейские СМИ. Это какая-то супер-экспертная контора в Вашингтоне, в которой "работают" 28 человек и которая экспертно заявляет что летать надо только на А-10.
https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2019/03/f-35-far-from-ready-to-face-current-or-future-threats/
POGO has conducted many investigations into defense spending, particularly in cases where, "national security and needs of the troops have been compromised by greed, lack of oversight, and in many cases, sheer incompetence," according to its website.[52] Some of the weapons systems that POGO has been critical of include the littoral combat ship,[53] the F/A-22 fighter aircraft,[54] and the F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft.[55] On the other hand, POGO has supported the production of the A-10 aircraft for its relative effectiveness and inexpensiveness compared to what POGO considers more wasteful weapons.[56]
https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2019/03/f-35-far-from-ready-to-face-current-or-future-threats/