The Air Force’s F-35A Lightning II can now fly in lightning and thunderstorms after a four-year restriction was lifted. This ban, in place since 2020, was due to a damaged tube in the Onboard Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS), which protects the jet’s fuel tanks from lightning strikes. The issue was discovered during maintenance at […]
By: Aero News Network Date: Mar 05, 2023 A Congressional Report highlighted significant failures in the F-35 program. In 2021, the TacAir study by the USAF indicated that the F-35 had failed to meet its objectives, with General Charles Q. Brown acknowledging its shortcomings. By 2023, the F-35 was flown less than the older F-15E […]
By: Walt Amses Date: October 9, 2023 Walt Amses comments on the modern society’s dwindling attention span, exacerbated by the influx of information. Despite the distractions, he underscores a major but underreported incident: the U.S. military’s F-35 aircraft loss. After a malfunction, the pilot ejected over a suburban area and astonishingly contacted 911 instead of […]
By: JAMES POLLARD and TARA COPP, Associated Press Date: September 19, 2023 In North Charleston, South Carolina, a malfunction prompted the pilot of a $100 million F-35 stealth fighter jet to eject, leading him to parachute safely into a residential backyard. The plane then crashed in a forested area approximately 60 miles distant. The downed […]
By John Ismay, Jesus Jiménez and Christine Hauser Date: September 19, 2023 Debris from a missing F-35 jet was located in Williamsburg County, north of Charleston, South Carolina, a day after the Marine Corps lost sight of it post the pilot’s safe ejection. The discovery answered questions about the jet’s location, previously leading to speculation about its status […]
By Stephen Losey Wednesday, Jul 19, 2023 WASHINGTON — Problems with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s newest upgrades will cause the aircraft’s manufacturer to miss its 2023 delivery goal by up to roughly 50 jets, Lockheed Martin officials said Tuesday. The delays could bring down Lockheed’s revenue for 2023 by hundreds of millions of dollars. […]
By Rachel S. Cohen Thursday, Jul 27, 2023 An F-35A Lightning II fighter crashed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, last October when turbulent air confused its avionics, rendering the jet uncontrollable, an Air Force investigation has found. The nonfatal crash marks the second time an Air Force F-35A has been destroyed in an accident […]
BY DAN GRAZIER JUNE 08, 2023 The Air Force’s top civilian leader says the F-35 program taught everyone how not to buy a fighter jet and vows not to repeat the mistakes that turned history’s most expensive weapon program into an absolute boondoggle. While it is refreshing to hear an official acknowledge some of the […]
BY ALFRED MEYER MARCH 27, 2023 1:01 PM While Tom Cruise heroically flies fighter jets in the film Top Gun: Maverick, which was vying for an Oscar for Best Film this year, two communities in the United States—Burlington, Vermont, and Madison, Wisconsin—are contending with the dangers caused by the basing of F-35s in residential neighborhoods. […]
By James Marc Leas Dec 16. 2022 The F-35 has a lengthening history of crashes. Different reasons. Not good to train with F-35 jets hundreds of times a month in a city. What kind of Vermont leader would order or facilitate F-35 training in Vermont’s most densely populated area? The Vermont Senators and Congressman. The […]