Because of course it does.
F35s will drop covid vaccines from the sky
Aren’t these the jets that couldn’t fire the fucking machine gun due to a software issue, and had a much higher chance of paralysing the pilot during ejection than other jets due to the ejection seat and cockpit design? How much money will be dumped into this.
The US has to buy this useless bullshit from Lockheed Martin or else they’ll end up being purchased by China or Russia, along with trillions of dollars in department of defense research.
Also can’t fly in a thunderstorm https://www.defensenews.com/air/2020/06/24/the-f-35-lightning-ii-cant-fly-in-lightning-once-again/