The US F-35 stealth fighter fleet has a readiness problem that 6 years and over $12 billion haven't fixed, watchdog finds
None of the F-35 variants met their readiness goals over a six-year period despite billions of dollars, a US government ...
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The Navy's F-35 Has an Embarrassing Flaw It Would Rather Not Admit
The U.S. Navy’s F-35 Lightning II, despite being a premier fifth-generation stealth fighter, faces significant range ...
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The Pentagon spent $300 million on defective and missing F-35 parts over the last five years, and lawmakers are furious
The trillion-dollar F-35 program is just getting over many of the problems that plagued its early design and production and has now hit on delivery targets three years in a row and recently ...
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Australia and the F-35 Debate
Australia has on order 72 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) planes. The problem? For years many have been saying that they’re simply… not very good. Yet public debate over this large purchase ...
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The F-35: Throwing Good Money after Bad
The problem is not just hundreds ... For those who have followed the development of the JSF, that last statement constitutes humor of the blackest variety, as F-35 development has been the ...
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Air Force brass defends F-35 after engine fire, speculates on sixth-gen fighter
Despite this, Air Force brass continues to stand by the embattled Joint Strike Fighter. The military's F-35 Lightning II has not had an easy road these past several years. The most recent problem ...
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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, equipped by…
The Pentagon’s F-35 fighter jet, a revenue mainstay for ... the greatest in U.S. military history for a weapons system. The Joint Strike Fighter program and its supply chain that’s developed ...
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F-35 fuel temperature sensitivity forces USAF to repaint tanker trucks
This might not be a problem, if the United States weren ... the temperature of fuel being delivered to the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter," said Senior Airman Jacob Hartman, a 56th LRS ...
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F-35A Lightning II
The requirements for the Joint Strike Fighter are complex – from the ... Other U.S. allies are having the same problem. The F-35 is designed to replace aging fighter inventories including ...
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Lockheed names software specialist as new head of F-35 jet program
(U.S. Air Force) Lockheed Martin is putting a software engineering specialist in charge of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program ... TR-3 had software problems and difficulty integrating with ...
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F-35 Lightning II Vs Typhoon FGR4: How Do The Fighter Jets Compare?
There are some exceptionally advanced fighter jets in the armed forces of the world. When one thinks about a next-generation fighter, they typically think about the F-22 Raptor or more likely the ...
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The US F-35 stealth fighter fleet has a readiness problem that 6 years and over $12 billion haven't fixed, watchdog finds
The F-35 was built as a low-observable joint strike fighter able to engage in ground ... has been mired with ballooning costs and readiness problems for years, with a GAO report earlier this ...