Video showing a flaming jet falling from the sky suggested at least one of the aircraft was an F-15E twin-engine fighter jet
“Several” U.S. fighter jets have crashed over Kuwait, the nation’s military has confirmed, as video spread online showing the fiery aftermath of the plane falling to earth.
The video emerged hours after President Donald Trump confirmed that there would be “likely more” servicemembers as a result of the weekend strikes on Iran. The Islamic Republic has launched a barrage of retaliatory strikes against targets in the Gulf in the wake of the death of the country’s leader, Ali Hosseini Khamenei.
In a statement posted on X, Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense said that several aircraft were involved in the crash.
Ok, so your second link, about the carrier not able to launch F-35s, you do realize that isn’t a problem with the F-35, right? The article states that the capability requires a major refit, but that refit hasn’t occurred because the carrier is still on what may have been the longest carrier deployment in history. So they just haven’t had a chance to do the refit. I don’t see how you could say that’s a problem with the aircraft.
And your third link about F-35 shipping without radar, that appears to not actually be happening, at all. Just according to the very article you linked. Did you read the article right?
So the program has gone on a long time and it has gone way over budget, that’s all quite true, I doubt anyone would dispute that.
But some of your sources here are just bad, they aren’t really supporting your position.