Sunday 16 June 2013

The F-35 Program Just Won't Fly

See, "Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter Struggles to Take Off."

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter photo 800px-First_F-35_headed_for_USAF_service_zps0457fc8f.jpg

In the skies above the Mojave Desert, test pilots today are pushing the radar-evading F-35 to new heights and flying to ever-increasing speeds to uncover design flaws. Just last week, an F-35 launched a missile in mid-flight from its internal weapons bay for the first time in a test flight for the Air Force.

But problems constantly crop up. Twice this year alone, F-35s have been grounded after different parts failed.
RTWT.

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