Very interesting and can see that there are still growing pains I'm glad it's only 2007 and now 2012. American F-16's are getting a little worn as well therefore I think the right kind of pressure to get these and other problems worked out will happen. I'm a big F-22 fan but I think the US Air Force, Navy, and Marines, need the F-35 in it's different forms more. Good article I can spend days on that web site going through all the different links.