The Dutch lie

The Dutch are being lied to.

The F-35 is the only candidate who meets all six mission profiles

Mission 1: Offensive Counter Air / Sweep
fight for air superiority by attacking enemy air base and over the territory of the enemy to attack enemy planes. This type of surgery is performed mainly in the early stages of a conflict. Experience with it in the Balkans in 1999.

Mission 2: Defensive Counter Air / Cruise Missile Defence
fighting air superiority by enemy aircraft inbound to attack (air defense), as well as the defense against incoming missiles. Ensuring the sovereignty of national airspace and the protection of the area of operation is also covered.

Mission 3: Suppression / Destruction of Enemy Air Defences
suppressing properties of enemy air defense systems and associated command and fire control systems such as radars on the ground. To perform these missions is a recognized shortage of capacity in both NATO and the EU context.

Mission 4: Air Interdiction
Engagement of enemy logistical supply lines and communication lines deep into enemy territory. This ijn often long distance missions, so long reach and good self-protection are essential.

Mission 5: Close Air Support
The provision of direct support to ground troops that have come into contact with enemy units. (Such as the deployment in Afghanistan). Great precision is conditional. For these missions is a large deficit in both NATO and the EU context.

Mission 6: Non traditional intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (NTISR)
from airborne intelligence gathering, monitoring and conducting reconnaissance missions. Collect, analyze and disseminate possible sensor package on the plane.

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-Time's Battleland - 5 Part series on F-35 procurement - 2013 
-Summary of Air Power Australia F-35 points
-Bill Sweetman, Aviation Week and the F-35
-U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) F-35 reports
-F-35 JSF: Cold War Anachronism Without a Mission
-History of F-35 Production Cuts
-Looking at the three Japan contenders (maneuverability)
-How the Canadian DND misleads the public about the F-35
-Value of STOVL F-35B over-hyped
-Cuckoo in the nest--U.S. DOD DOT&E F-35 report is out
-6 Feb 2012 Letter from SASC to DOD boss Panetta questioning the decision to lift probation on the F-35B STOVL.
-USAFs F-35 procurement plan is not believable
-December 2011 Australia/Canada Brief
-F-35 Key Performance Perimeters (KPP) and Feb 2012 CRS report
-F-35 DOD Select Acquisition Report (SAR) FY2012
-Release of F-35 2012 test report card shows continued waste on a dud program
-Australian Defence answers serious F-35 project concerns with "so what?"
-Land of the Lost (production cut history update March 2013)
-Outgoing LM F-35 program boss admits to flawed weight assumptions (March 2013)
-A look at the F-35 program's astro-turfing
-F-35 and F-16 cost per flying hour
-Is this aircraft worth over $51B of USMC tac-air funding?
-Combat radius and altitude, A model
-F-35A, noise abatement and airfields and the USAF
-Deceptive marketing practice: F-35 blocks
-The concurrency fraud
-The dung beetle's "it's known" lie
-F-35's air-to-air ability limited
-F-35 Blocks--2006 and today
-The F-35B design is leaking fuel