"A post IOC F-35C had its wings fall off” Stop making things up. The C variant won't be declared operationally capable for at least another year, probably two.

"A post IOC F-35C had its wings fall off” Stop making things up. The C variant won't be declared operationally capable for at least another year, probably two. No C model " had its wings fall off". A test aircraft undergoing lifetime fatigue testing in a loads fixture had some wing spar cracks. I don't mean to dismiss that issue, because it is serious, but that's hardly having the wings fall off.