“What is Lockheed doing?”
Making billions of dollars.
This entire program is a disaster. They promised an Air-Supremacy fighter capable of close air-support, tactical attack-bombing, carrier ops, STOL, dog-fighting, and pretty much everything else.
They have delivered a partially-capable plane that is so expensive it nullifies it’s own mission. It is “OK” at several things and “The Best” at none of them. What Colonel or CAG is gonna send those planes into a CAS mission? The plane is becoming so expensive that it will only be used for stealth, first strike missions.
Bring back the F-14