How far has the USAF sunk?

Via Inside Defense (subscription).

Air Force Maps Out Strategy For Upgrading All Early-Lot F-35As To Block 3F

The Air Force is planning a single- or multi-block upgrade of at least 80 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft delivered with software packages that include limited or no combat capability, with the aim of making them fully combat-capable.

Note at this time, there are no combat capable F-35s. The sentence should read: "The Air Force is planning a single- or multi-block upgrade of at least 80 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft delivered with software packages that include limited or no combat capability, with the aim of making them fully combat-capable."

This is worthy of its very own Congressional investigation.