The F-35's issues have been ascribed to the Marine Corps' demand for VTOL. https://medium.com/war-is-boring/fd-how-the-u-s-and-its-allies-got-stuck-with-the-wo

The F-35's issues have been ascribed to the Marine Corps' demand for VTOL. https://medium.com/war-is-boring/fd-how-the-u-s-and-its-allies-got-stuck-with-the-worlds-worst-new-warplane-5c95d45f86a5 https://medium.com/war-is-boring/fd-how-the-u-s-and-its-alli... The best thing you can say about the F-35 is that it's a perfect example of design-by-committee.