A stealthy fighter/bomber only as long as the ammo stores are internal. Once those bomb doors open it is no longer stealthy. If it flies in CAS with external stores, and as I understand, with a reduced load as compared to the A-10, at least in the F-35B it is far from what the money bought.
The many variants of the F-16 are doing fighter/bomber and CAS roles just fine for the many Armed services around the globe.
I just hope they did not take away money from Navy medical to help fund this budget whale.
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