content: The F-35 isn't the current generation; nor is it a fighter. F-22s, F/A-18s, and the retiring F-16/F-15 are fighters and they are the cream of the crop; but in Afghanistan and Iraq there isn't anything left in the sky to shoot down. The F-35 was designed with one goal only: to bring work projects to every single state and to the right corporations. That's how they got so many congressmen onboard and managed to sneak $1 trillion onto the deficit.