Every day. Like I said, they are a significant part of our forward global presence and in most cases just being present within easy reach of potential trouble fulfills the mission.

I'm not a huge F-35 (or B) advocate, but deleting the B model has larger ramifications than just taking an airshow tow away from the Corps. This is fact, and not really debatable.

You can debate whether we need a forward military presence, whether we need a Marine Corps, or whether we need ARGs. But it doesn't make sense to just delete the B model without considering the bigger issues involved.

But I agree with USMCFLYER, I suspect it will end up being too expensive, too unreliable, have too many operational limitations, or all of the above.