On May 6th, 2002, our flamboyant gay right-wing Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated, likely because he opposed the American "JSF deal" with the Dutch government.
Now, the Joint Strike Fighter, re-branded as F-35, isn't capable of performing its tasks in 75% of situations. One reason is that the F-35 flies so fast that it can't turn in sharp enough corners to provide air support to ground troops.
By the way, this flaw was already known in 2002. But people in leadership never listen to the tech people.
A new GAO report finds the F-35 can perform all its assigned missions only about a quarter of the time — a readiness rate that has fallen every year since 2021 even as sustainment costs climbed.