Good (F-35A deployment to Kadena, Okinawa, for six months from next November) and bad news (I'm specially worried by the low than expected new airframes output, only 44 for a forecasted total of 66 this year):

https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-f-35-had-a-week-full-of-good-and-bad-news-1819846935

Navy Qualifies Stealthy Carrier-Launched F-35C For Combat (Scout Warrior)

 

Article title is misleading .... carrier qual is not the same as combat capable.

Corrosion issue stops F-35 deliveries for a month (Flight Global)

Turning Point: The F-35 May Not Deliver (National Interest)

Defense Contractors Holding the Pentagon Hostage with Service Contracts (POGO)

F-35 Sensor Performs Ballistic Missile Defense Missions The F-35’s Distributed Aperture Sensor (DAS) has performed an airborne identification and trajectory-oriented target tracking of a ballistic missile in a test off the coast of Hawaii in 2014, but it's only reported now:

https://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/-F-35-Sensors-Test-Perform-Ballistic-Missile-Defense-Missions-111919506

F-35 Sensor Performs Ballistic Missile Defense Missions The F-35’s Distributed Aperture Sensor (DAS) has performed an airborne identification and trajectory-oriented target tracking of a ballistic missile in a test off the coast of Hawaii in 2014, but it's only reported now:

https://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/-F-35-Sensors-Test-Perform-Ballistic-Missile-Defense-Missions-111919506

 

 

Actually reported at least as early as 2012.

 

Northrop Grumman's F-35 DAS and Radar Demonstrate Ability to Detect, Track, Target Ballistic Missiles

Marine Corps investigation faults F-35 program after in-flight fire (Marine Corps Times)

Reliability keeps near 50%:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-24/lockheed-f-35-s-reliability-progress-has-stalled-pentagon-told

Constant evolution, at least as is marketed:

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/f-35-using-open-air-ranges-train-war-against-russias-s-400-24187

Pentagon’s weapons tester slams new F-35 modernization plan as unrealistic (DefenseNews)

Interesting Photos Show USAF F-35A Stealth Jets Deployed To Japan About To Launch Without Radar Reflectors (Aviationist)

 

Expect some Russian and Chinese interest to spike.

F-35A gun struggles with accuracy (Jane's)

 

Curse of the F-16 and GPU-5?

Pentagon ‘can't afford the sustainment costs‘ on F-35, Lord says (DefenseNews)

Is Israel Turning Against the F-35?

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/israel-turning-against-the-f-35-24431