US gov't admits F-35 is a failure

US gov't admits F-35 is a failure

Nearly a quarter century after the Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin the contract to develop the Joint Strike Fighter Program into the F-35, the government finally admitted the jet will never live up to Lockheed’s ambitious promises — used to sell the $2 trillion boondoggle to nearly 20 countries around the world.The Government Accountability Office released a report last month detailing the ongoing challenges the program faces. The first paragra…

US admits F-35 program failure after decades and trillions spent

Al Mayadeen | October 7, 2025 Nearly 25 years after awarding Lockheed Martin the contract to build the Joint Strike Fighter Program, Responsible Statecraft analyst Dan Grazier says that the US government has finally admitted that the F-35 will never achieve the combat capabilities it was designed to deliver. A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last month details the program’s ongoing issues and includes a key acknowledgm…